Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo Thomas, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Geo Thomas registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 16 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Geo Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo Thomas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGeo Thomas reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Austin County
- Benjammin F. Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- George Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jacob Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- John Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
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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