Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Hardy Thomas, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Hardy Thomas registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Madison County. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Madison County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Madison County

Hardy Thomas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Hardy Thomas
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Madison County
19 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Signature, as written
"Joseph Bladen"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thomas in Madison County

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas in Texas

Variations of Thomas

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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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