Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Thomas, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
William Thomas registered to vote in Bowie County on July 24, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
William Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Thomas
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Bowie County
- Hampton Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Lafayette Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Richard Thomasborn in Louisiana, 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 8 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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