Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Thomas, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Willis Thomas registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Willis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur C. Price"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsWillis Thomas reported 15 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Matagorda County
- William Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
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 2 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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