Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Thomas, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Thomas registered to vote in Brazos County on July 2, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joseph Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Thomas
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoseph Thomas reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Brazos County
- Henry Thomasreached Texas about 1866
- Henry Thomasreached Texas about 1854
- Isaac Thomasreached Texas about 1864
- William Thomasreached Texas about 1852
- Wilson Thomasreached Texas about 1856
Thomases elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomas
- Thomason 22
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 18 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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