Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Paddy Thompson, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Paddy Thompson registered to vote in Hill County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Hill County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 1 year
In Texas: 1 year
In the county: about 1866
Reached Texas

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Paddy Thompson

Texas

Name: Paddy Thompson
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Hill County
Precinct: White Rock
Registered: August 22, 1867
Years in Texas: 1 year
Years in Hill County: 1 year
Years in the precinct: 1 year
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hill County on the 1870 county map

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 freedmen named Thompson 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 Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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