Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thompson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Charles Thompson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thompson
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "By Mark"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Matagorda County
- Abram Thompsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
- Alexander Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Batson Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
- George Thompsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1851
- Shepard Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
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 1 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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