Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Thomas, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

William Thomas registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Brazos County

William Thomas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Thomas
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 29, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thomas in Brazos 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 14 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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