Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Thomas, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Joe Thomas registered to vote in Fort Bend County on September 6, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
1855186018621864186618681870
In Fort Bend County
Joe Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Thomas
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- September 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 12 years
Other freedmen named Thomas in Fort Bend County
- Anthony Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1862
- Dan Thomasreached Texas about 1852
- Dave Thomasreached Texas about 1864
- Eatonton Thomasreached Texas about 1854
- Eli Thomasreached Texas about 1866
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 Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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