Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Donaho, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Donaho registered to vote in Madison County. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Thomas Donaho
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Donaho
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Madison County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Brooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsThomas Donaho reported 24 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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