Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjammin F. Thomas, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benjammin F. Thomas registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Transferred to Colorado county (Nov 23 1869)" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Benjammin F. Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjammin F. Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Transferred to Colorado county (Nov 23 1869)"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBenjammin F. Thomas reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Austin County
- 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
- 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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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