Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thomas, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
John Thomas registered to vote in Fayette County on November 24, 1869. The registrar wrote "Colored. Received from Bastrop County. 24 1872" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- about 1869
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thomas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Received from Bastrop County. 24 1872"
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 66 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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