Thomason · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Thomason in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 22 freedmen

22 freedmen named Thomason registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Walker County (13), Falls County (3) and Freestone County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Thomasons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Thomason registered, on the 1870 county map
22
Freedmen
5
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Thomasons registered

Texas counties where the Thomasons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Walker County1359%
Falls County314%
Freestone County314%
Cherokee County29%
McLennan County15%

Where the Thomasons were born

Birthplaces the Thomasons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama950%
North Carolina317%
South Carolina211%
Virginia211%
Georgia16%
Mississippi16%

When the Thomasons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Thomasons
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
11
1860s
8

Variations of Thomason

Every Thomason in the register

The Thomasons in the register, 1 to 22 of 22
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram ThomasonWalker CountySouth Carolina1860
Amos ThomasonFalls County
Anderson ThomasonFreestone CountyNorth Carolina1867
Anderson ThomasonMcLennan County1866
Austin ThomasonWalker CountyMississippi1852
Charles ThomasonWalker CountyAlabama
Dick ThomasonWalker CountyNorth Carolina1853
Edmond ThomasonFalls County
George ThomasonCherokee CountyAlabama1866
George W. ThomasonWalker CountyAlabama1852
Harrison ThomasonWalker CountyVirginia1855
Iwin ThomasonFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Julius ThomasonWalker CountyAlabama1851
Louis ThomasonFalls County
Peter ThomasonFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Samuel ThomasonWalker CountyAlabama1854
Sandy ThomasonWalker CountyNorth Carolina1854
Seaborn ThomasonWalker CountyGeorgia1854
Thomas ThomasonWalker CountyAlabama1854
Wesley ThomasonWalker CountyAlabama1854
Wiley ThomasonCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Yantic ThomasonWalker CountySouth Carolina1854

Thomason genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Thomason in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Walker County holds 13 of the 22, Falls County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so look under Thomas and Thomson as well.

Where did the Thomasons in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (9), North Carolina (3) and South Carolina (2) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Thomason?

Walker County (13), Falls County (3), Freestone County (3). In all, 22 registered across 5 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Thomason appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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