Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Thomson, Gillespie County, Texas, 1867
Berry Thomson registered to vote in Gillespie County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Gillespie County
Berry Thomson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Thomson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Gillespie County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Thomsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Thomson
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 3 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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