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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Madison County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

23 years

Thomas Green reported 23 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Green in Madison County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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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