Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Thomas, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Louis Thomas registered to vote in Bastrop County on September 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Louis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Thomas
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsLouis Thomas reported 19 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
- Moses Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Moses Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Oscar Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
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 39 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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