Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Thomas, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Hampton Thomas registered to vote in Bowie County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Hampton Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Thomas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Bowie County
- Lafayette Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Thomasborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
- William Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
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 21 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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