Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Horrace Thompson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Horrace Thompson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 11, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Horrace Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Horrace Thompson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- 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
- Isaac Thompsonreached Texas about 1841
- 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 13 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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