Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jeff Thompson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869

Jeff Thompson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Colorado County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Jeff Thompson

Texas

Name: Jeff Thompson
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 32'
Registered: November 23, 1869
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Colorado County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

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

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 57 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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