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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Hill County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thomas in Hill County

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas in Texas

Variations of Thomas

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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