Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Thomas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Thomas registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- 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 Harrison County
Henry Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "J. Thomas"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Harrison County
- Alfred Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Anderson Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Andrew Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Andrew Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Ben Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
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 57 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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