DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lige Thomas, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Lige Thomas registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 19, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Lige Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lige Thomas
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
Other freedmen named Thomas in DeWitt County
- Austin Thomasreached Texas about 1856
- Bill Thomasreached Texas about 1855
- Bill Thomasreached Texas about 1855
- Dick Thomasreached Texas about 1857
- Peyton Thomasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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 6 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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