Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Japhel Thomas, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Japhel Thomas registered to vote in Dallas County. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Japhel Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Japhel (?) Thomas
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJaphel (?) Thomas reported 17 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
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
- 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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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