Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Needom Thomas, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Needom Thomas registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Needom Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Needom Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Newton M. Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsNeedom Thomas reported 13 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Leon County
- Bob Thomasborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Daniel Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- James Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
- Jordon Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Louis Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 32 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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