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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsHenry Thomas reported 17 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Madison County
- Antony Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Elie Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Hardy Thomasborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1848
- Neadham Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Robert Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Thomases elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomas
- Thomason 22
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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