Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wilson Thomas, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Wilson Thomas registered to vote in Brazos County on November 17, 1869. He reported 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. 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
13 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Wilson Thomas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wilson Thomas
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Brazos County
2 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Wilson Thomas reported 11 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

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 34 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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