Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Carter Thompson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Carter Thompson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Carter Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Carter Thompson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsCarter Thompson reported 7 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
- 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 37 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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