Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellis Thomas, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ellis Thomas registered to vote in Fayette County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Ellis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellis Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Fayette County
- Abram Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
- Alfred Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- George Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- John Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1852
- John Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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