Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Thomas, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Thomas registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Wesley Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Thomas
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 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
- Pelin Thomasborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 16 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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