Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Thomas, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Willis Thomas registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Willis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Thomas
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Houston County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Willis Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWillis Thomas reported 1 year 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
- Lewis Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 4 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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