Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Boston Thompson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Boston Thompson registered to vote in Colorado County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Boston Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Boston Thompson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Colorado County
- Bedford Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 31 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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