Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Thomson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Henry Thomson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
40 years
In Texas
40 years
In the county
about 1827
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1827 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Henry Thomson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Thomson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
40 years
Years in Brazoria County
40 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thomson in Brazoria County

Thomsons elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named Thomson 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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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