Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thomas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Thomas registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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