Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordon Thomas, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Jordon Thomas registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Jordon Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordon Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Leon County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Leon County
- Bob Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Daniel Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- James Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Louis Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Needom Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
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 Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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