Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thompson, Parker County, Texas, 1867
John Thompson registered to vote in Parker County on August 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Parker County
John Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thompson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Parker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 4 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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