Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Thompson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Adam Thompson registered to vote in Austin County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Adam Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAdam Thompson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Austin County
- Charles Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- 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 23 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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