Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Thomas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Thomas registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Jacob Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Thomas
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- 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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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