Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Thomas, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Thomas registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Elijah Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Thomas
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 13 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
- Henry Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Jeremiah Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- John Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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