Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Batson Thompson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Batson Thompson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Batson Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Batson Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Antoine Henderson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Matagorda County
- Charles Thompson
- Willis Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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 2 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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