Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bedford Thompson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Bedford Thompson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Bedford Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bedford Thompson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Colorado County
- 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
- Jeff Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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