Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Thomas, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Thomas registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joshua Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Thomas
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoshua Thomas reported 9 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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