Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Thomas, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Thomas registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Dennis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Matagorda County
- Edmund Thomasborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1832
- Henry Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- Manuel Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1832
- William Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Willis Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
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 5 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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