Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Thomson, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Robert Thomson registered to vote in Newton County on September 2, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Newton County
Robert Thomson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Thomson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Newton County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robert, his x mk, Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Thomsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomson
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 2 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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