Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Leander Thomas, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Leander Thomas registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 30, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 16 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Leander Thomas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Leander Thomas
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Gonzales County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Leander Thomas reported 5 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Thomas in Gonzales County

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas in Texas

Variations of Thomas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 24 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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