Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W. Thompson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
W. Thompson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1829
- Reached Texas
- 33 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1829 to 1870
W. Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W. Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 33 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
33 yearsW. Thompson reported 33 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Colorado County
- Bedford Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Boston Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Carter Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- George Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- James Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 49 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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