Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jeremiah Thomas, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Jeremiah Thomas registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Brazoria County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Brazoria County

Jeremiah Thomas

Texas

Name: Jeremiah Thomas
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Brazoria County
Registered: August 21, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Brazoria County: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

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
John Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas 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 25 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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