DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peyton Thomas, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Peyton Thomas registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Peyton Thomas
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peyton Thomas
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 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
- Lige Thomasreached Texas about 1856
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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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