Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Thomas, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Thomas registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Lewis Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Thomas
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Asbury De Witt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Lamar County
- John Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Luke Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- William Thomasborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1862
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 Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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