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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Austin County

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)"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Benjammin F. Thomas reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Thomas in Austin County

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas in Texas

Variations of Thomas

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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