Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Thompson, Collin County, Texas, 1869

John Thompson registered to vote in Collin County on Nov. 25 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Collin County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 5 years
In Texas: 5 years
In the county: about 1864
Reached Texas

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John Thompson

Texas

Name: John Thompson
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Collin County
Precinct: 1
Registered: Nov. 25 1869
Years in Texas: 5 years
Years in Collin County: 5 years
Years in the precinct: 5 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Collin County on the 1870 county map

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 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 45 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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