Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Thompson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Adam Thompson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Adam Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Fayette County
- Isaac Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Jack Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
- Manuel Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Thompsonborn in Alabama
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 37 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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