Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathaniel Thomas, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Nathaniel Thomas registered to vote in Victoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Nathaniel Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathaniel Thomas
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Victoria County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Victoria County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "George his X mark Ragland"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearNathaniel Thomas reported 1 year more in Texas than in Victoria County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Victoria County
- Fayette Thomasreached Texas about 1866
- Walker Thomasreached Texas about 1866
- William Thomas
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 18 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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