Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Primus Thompson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Primus Thompson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Primus Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Primus Thompson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsPrimus Thompson reported 24 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Bastrop County
- Alexander Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Calvin Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1842
- Jackson Thompsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- James Thompsonborn in Virginia, 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 9 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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