Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thomas, Dallas County, Texas, 1868
Charles Thomas registered to vote in Dallas County on January 31, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Charles Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thomas
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Dallas County
- Frank Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Granrille Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Japhel Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Jasken Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- 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. It sits on page 33 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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