Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Thomas, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
James Thomas registered to vote in Cherokee County on Aug. 25 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
James Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Thomas
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Aug. 25 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Thomas in Cherokee County
- Cork Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- J. D. Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Washington Thomasborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
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 46 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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