Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Thompson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867

Robert Thompson registered to vote in Nueces County on September 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 15 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Nueces County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Nueces County

Robert Thompson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Thompson
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Nueces County
Precinct
2
Registered
September 16, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Nueces County
15 years
Years in Texas before Nueces County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Nueces County highlighted
Nueces County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Robert Thompson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.

Other freedmen named Thompson in Nueces County

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 freedmen named Thompson in Texas

Variations of Thompson

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 6 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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