Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thompson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Thompson registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Charles Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thompson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsCharles Thompson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Austin County
- Adam Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Charles Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Harry Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Loyd Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 38 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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