Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thomas, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Thomas registered to vote in Austin County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
John Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thomas
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJohn Thomas reported 9 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
- 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 8 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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