Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Thompson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Henry Thompson registered to vote in Brazos County on June 26, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 13 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Henry Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Thompson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsHenry Thompson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Brazos County
- Aaron Thompsonreached Texas about 1853
- Lewis Thompsonreached Texas about 1864
- Warren 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 10 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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