Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Thomas, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Thomas registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 16, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
William Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilliam Thomas reported 7 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Bastrop County
- Edward Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Jones Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
- Louis Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Moses Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Moses Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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 21 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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