Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hank Thomas, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Hank Thomas registered to vote in Newton County on September 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Hank Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hank Thomas
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Newton County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his x Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsHank Thomas reported 15 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Newton County
- John Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
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 5 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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