Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Thomas, Parker County, Texas, 1867
Ben Thomas registered to vote in Parker County on July 29, 1867. He reported Wisconsin as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Wisconsin
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ben Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Thomas
- Place of birth
- Wisconsin
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Parker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBen Thomas reported 12 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
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 2 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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