Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Thomas, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ben Thomas registered to vote in Harrison County on August 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Ben Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Thomas
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "B 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
- 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 80 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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