Washington County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Fayette Thomas, Washington County, Texas, 1867

Fayette Thomas registered to vote in Washington County on June 12, 1867. He reported 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Washington County. The registrar wrote "Freedman of Color" beside his name. Washington County registered 2,279 freedmen in 1867, 53% of its voters.

Registered in Washington County, Texas

23 years
In Texas: 23 years
In the county: about 1844
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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In Washington County

Fayette Thomas

Texas

Name: Fayette Thomas
County of registration: Washington County
Precinct: 4
Registered: June 12, 1867
Years in Texas: 23 years
Years in Washington County: 23 years
Years in the precinct: 23 years
Signature, as written: "Fayette his X mark Thomas"
Remarks, as written: "Freedman of Color"

Washington County on the 1870 county map

Thomases elsewhere in Texas

All 263 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 2 of the Washington County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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