Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Thomas, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Thomas registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- 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 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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