Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Thomas, Hill County, Texas, 1867
Lee Thomas registered to vote in Hill County on August 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Hill County
Lee Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Thomas
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hill County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Hill County
- Jacob Thomasborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1857
- James Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1864
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 Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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