Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Thompson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Thompson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 20 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Thomas Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Thompson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsThomas Thompson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 65 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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