Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pelin Thomas, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Pelin Thomas registered to vote in Anderson County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Pelin Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pelin Thomas
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomas in Anderson County
- Henry Thomasborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- 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
- 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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