Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Thomas, Matagorda County, Texas, 1868
Henry Thomas registered to vote in Matagorda County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elisha his X mark Rabbide"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Matagorda County
- Dennis Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Edmund Thomasborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1832
- 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 17 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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