Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Thomas, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Thomas registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 23 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
William Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsWilliam Thomas reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Fayette County
- Abram Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Alfred Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Ellis Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- George Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- John Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1852
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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