Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shepard Thompson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Shepard Thompson registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Shepard Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shepard Thompson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- 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
- Charles Thompson
- George Thompsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1851
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 19 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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