Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Thomas, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Thomas registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Jordan Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Brazoria County
- Christopher Thomasborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1855
- Davis Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Elijah Thomasborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- Henry Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Jeremiah Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 2 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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