Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Thomas, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Thomas registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jackson Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Thomas
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 24 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
- 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 52 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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