Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thornton Bankhead, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Thornton Bankhead registered to vote in Liberty County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thornton Bankhead
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Jack, his x mark, Leary"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bankhead in Liberty County
- Lowis Bankheadborn in Arkansas
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 6 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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