Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Thomas, Madison County, Texas, 1869

Henry Thomas registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 3 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
20 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Henry Thomas

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Thomas
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Madison County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Madison County
17 years
Signature, as written
"Andrew Fox"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Henry Thomas reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

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

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