Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Thompson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Thompson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Joseph Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Thompson
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Brazoria County
- James Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 5 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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