Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchell Thompson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Mitchell Thompson registered to vote in Nueces County on July 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Nueces County
Mitchell Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchell Thompson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Nueces County
- Fountain M. Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Mark Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Robert Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
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 4 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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