Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Thompson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Thompson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Isaac Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Thompson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Fayette County
- Adam Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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