Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Thomas, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Thomas registered to vote in Houston County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Lewis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Thomas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis his X mark Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsLewis Thomas reported 13 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Houston County
- Freeman Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Joseph Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 2 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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