Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Thomas, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Thomas registered to vote in Houston County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Houston County. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Houston County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Thomas"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Thomas reported 2 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Houston County
- Freeman Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Lewis Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Willis Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 1 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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