Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Thomas, Hill County, Texas, 1867
James Thomas registered to vote in Hill County on August 5, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Thomas
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Towash
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hill County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Thomas reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Hill County
- Jacob Thomasborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1857
- Lee Thomasborn in Kentucky, 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 Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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