Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thomas, Newton County, Texas, 1867
John Thomas registered to vote in Newton County on September 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Newton County
John Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Newton County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "John, his x mk, Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Newton County
- Hank Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
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 2 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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