Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Thompson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Peter Thompson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Fayette County
- Adam Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- 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
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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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