Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thomas, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
John Thomas registered to vote in Bexar County on July 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
John Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsJohn Thomas reported 27 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Other freedmen named Thomas in Bexar County
- Alexander Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Green Thomasborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- Jerry Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Jerry Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- John Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
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 12 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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