Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Thomas, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Thomas registered to vote in Bexar County on July 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Jerry Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Thomas
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- John Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
- 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 21 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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