Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fountain M. Thompson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Fountain M. Thompson registered to vote in Nueces County on September 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Fountain M. Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fountain M. Thompson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsFountain M. Thompson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Nueces County
- Mark Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Mitchell Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 6 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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