Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Thomas, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Sam Thomas registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 13 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Sam Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Thomas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSam Thomas reported 2 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. It sits on page 8 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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