Orange County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Thomas, Orange County, Texas, 1869

Jerry Thomas registered to vote in Orange County on September 2, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Orange County. Orange County registered 54 freedmen in 1867, 20% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Orange County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 1 year
In Texas: 1 year
In the county: about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Orange County

Jerry Thomas

Texas

Name: Jerry Thomas
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Orange County
Precinct: 1
Registered: September 2, 1869
Years in Texas: 1 year
Years in Orange County: 1 year
Years in the precinct: 1 year

Orange County on the 1870 county map

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas 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 2 of the Orange County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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