Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Thomas, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Henry Thomas registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Missouri 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.

Born in Missouri, registered in Walker County, Texas

Missouri
Birthplace: 7 years
In Texas: 7 years
In the county: about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Henry Thomas

Texas

Name: Henry Thomas
Place of birth: Missouri
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 4
Registered: August 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 7 years
Years in Walker County: 7 years
Years in the precinct: 7 years
Signature, as written: "Henry his x mark Thomas"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thomas in Walker County

Abram Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
Elijah Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
Marideth Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 246 freedmen named Thomas 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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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