Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Thompson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
James Thompson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Lamar County
James Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Thompson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Frederick Davenport"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Lamar County
- Cass Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
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 Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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