Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W. Thompson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
W. Thompson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 12, 1867. He reported 40 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
- 32 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
18271840186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
W. Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W. Thompson
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 32 years
Elsewhere in Texas
32 yearsW. Thompson reported 32 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Fort Bend County
- Alph Thompsonreached Texas about 1826
- Columbus Thompsonreached Texas about 1866
- Isom Thompsonreached Texas about 1844
- Jack Thompsonreached Texas about 1866
- Jack Thompsonreached Texas about 1857
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 15 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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