Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasken Thomas, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Jasken Thomas registered to vote in Dallas County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Jasken Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasken Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Dallas County
- Charles Thomasborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- Frank Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Granrille Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Japhel Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Mack Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844
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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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