Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Thompson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Thompson registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
In Galveston County
Jerry Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Thompson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 0.5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 0.5 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
- Horrace Thompsonreached Texas about 1863
- Isaac Thompsonreached Texas about 1841
- 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 43 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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