Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Shadrick Thomas, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Shadrick Thomas registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Shadrick Thomas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Shadrick Thomas
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Austin County
15 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Shadrick 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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