Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses R. Thomas, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Moses R. Thomas registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
Moses R. Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses R. Thomas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Austin County
- Benjammin F. Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Geo Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- George Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jacob Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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 11 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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