Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Thompson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Moses Thompson registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 18, 1869. He reported 13 years in Texas, 3 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Moses Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Thompson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsMoses Thompson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Gonzales County
- Sam Thompsonreached Texas about 1852
- Sim Thompsonreached Texas about 1851
Thompsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thompson
- Thomson 10
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 40 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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