Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thomas, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
John Thomas registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Lamar County
John Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thomas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse Payton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Lamar County
- Lewis Thomasborn in Arkansas, 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 20 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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