Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randall Thornton, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Randall Thornton registered to vote in Bexar County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Randall Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randall Thornton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thornton in Bexar County
- Prince Thorntonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
Thorntons elsewhere in Texas
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 14 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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