Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cass Thompson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867

Cass Thompson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.

Born in Alabama, registered in Lamar County, Texas

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

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Lamar County

Cass Thompson

Texas

Name: Cass Thompson
Place of birth: Alabama
County of registration: Lamar County
Precinct: 6
Registered: July 12, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Lamar County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Signature, as written: "James Washington"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Lamar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thompson in Lamar County

Isaac Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
James Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864

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 17 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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