Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Thomas, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Henry Thomas registered to vote in Anderson County on November 18, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Henry Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Thomas
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Anderson County
- Henry Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Jackson Thomasborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Lewis Thomasborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Pelin Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Wesley Thomasborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
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 43 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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