Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wallis Thompson, Galveston County, Texas, 1869
Wallis Thompson registered to vote in Galveston County on November 22, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Wallis Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wallis Thompson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- 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
- Jerry Thompsonreached Texas about 1849
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 56 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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