Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Thompson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Ned Thompson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Ned Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Thompson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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