Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Thomas, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Thomas registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Tarrant County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Tarrant County

Lewis Thomas

Texas

Name: Lewis Thomas
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Tarrant County
Precinct: 3
Registered: August 3, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Tarrant County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas 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 4 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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