Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Thomas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Thomas registered to vote in Harrison County on July 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Residence forfeited by living last year in Louisiana" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Andrew Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Residence forfeited by living last year in Louisiana"
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
- Ben Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 22 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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