Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Thomas, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Louis Thomas registered to vote in Grayson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Louis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Thomas
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Grayson County
- David Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 16 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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