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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearShadrick Thomas reported 1 year 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
- 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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