Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Thomas, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Anthony Thomas registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 23, 1869. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 5 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Anthony Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Thomas
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 2 years
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAnthony Thomas reported 2 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Fort Bend County
- Dan Thomasreached Texas about 1852
- Dave Thomasreached Texas about 1864
- Eatonton Thomasreached Texas about 1854
- Eli Thomasreached Texas about 1866
- Geo Thomasreached 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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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