Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thomson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Charles Thomson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Charles Thomson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thomson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thomson in Brazoria County
- Henry Thomsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1827
- Sammuel Thomsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1838
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 23 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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