Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Thomason, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Abram Thomason registered to vote in Walker County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Abram Thomason
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Thomason
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "N. his X mark Thomason"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomason in Walker County
- Austin Thomasonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Thomasonborn in Alabama
- Dick Thomasonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- George W. Thomasonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Harrison Thomasonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
Thomasons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomason
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 20 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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