Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harvy Thomas, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Harvy Thomas registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harvy Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harvy Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Colorado County
- B.F. Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Cato Y. Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Daniel Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Erin Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- George Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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