Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Thomas, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Daniel Thomas registered to vote in Colorado County on November 24, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Daniel Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Thomas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsDaniel Thomas reported 17 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
- Erin Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- George Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Harvy Thomasborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1865
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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