Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thompson, Cameron County, Texas, 1868
Charles Thompson registered to vote in Cameron County on January 29, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 4 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Charles Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thompson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsCharles Thompson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Cameron County
- William Thompsonborn in Massachusetts, reached Texas about 1865
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 9 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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