Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Thompson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868

Henry Thompson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Galveston County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Henry Thompson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Thompson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 27, 1868
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Galveston County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Galveston County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Henry Thompson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Thompson in Galveston County

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 freedmen named Thompson in Texas

Variations of Thompson

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 44 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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