Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Manuel Thomas, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Manuel Thomas registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
1832186018621864186618681870
In Matagorda County
Manuel Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Manuel Thomas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
Other freedmen named Thomas in Matagorda County
- Dennis Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Edmund Thomasborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1832
- Henry Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- 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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Matagorda County, Texas
Matagorda County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Matagorda CountyThe Thomas name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Matagorda County by name