Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Thomas, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Thomas registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Edmund Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Thomas
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsEdmund Thomas reported 10 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Matagorda County
- Dennis Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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