Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Thomas, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Sam Thomas registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Sam Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Davis County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Davis County
- Charles Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Dick Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- James Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joel Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Joseph Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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