Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Thompson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Thompson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Isaac Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Thompson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Galveston County
- George Thompsonreached Texas about 1857
- Henry Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Horrace Thompsonreached Texas about 1863
- Jerry Thompsonreached Texas about 1849
- Wallis Thompson
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 12 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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