Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Thomas, Harrison County, Texas, 1868
Henderson Thomas registered to vote in Harrison County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henderson Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. 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 85 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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