Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abram Thompson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Abram Thompson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Louisiana, registered in Matagorda County, Texas

Louisiana
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Matagorda County

Abram Thompson

Texas

Name: Abram Thompson
Place of birth: Louisiana
County of registration: Matagorda County
Precinct: 3
Registered: August 20, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Matagorda County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years

Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thompson in Matagorda County

Alexander Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Batson Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
Charles Thompson
George Thompsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1851
Shepard Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 177 freedmen named Thompson 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 8 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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