Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Green, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Green registered to vote in Madison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Thomas Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Green
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Green"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsThomas Green reported 23 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Green in Madison County
- David Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jackson Greenborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Manuel Greenborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1851
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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