Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Thomson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Thomson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Samuel Thomson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Thomson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSamuel Thomson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Thomson in Brazoria County
- Charles Thomsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
- Henry Thomsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1827
Thomsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomson
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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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