Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thomas, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
John Thomas registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thomas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- 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 5 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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