Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Thomas, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Thomas registered to vote in Hill County on November 17, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 4 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jacob Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Thomas
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Hill County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJacob Thomas reported 8 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Hill County
- James Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 17 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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