Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Augustus Thompson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Augustus Thompson registered to vote in Leon County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 15 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Augustus Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Augustus Thompson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Leon County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 2 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Augustus Crawford"
- Signature, as written
- "Augustus x Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAugustus Thompson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Leon County
- Daniel Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
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 15 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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