Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Thomas, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Dick Thomas registered to vote in Davis County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
Dick Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Thomas
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Davis County
- Charles Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- James Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joel Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joseph Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Sam Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
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 21 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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