Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Thomas, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Thomas registered to vote in Hunt County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Lewis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsLewis Thomas reported 19 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
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 13 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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