Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Thompson, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Henry Thompson registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Austin County
- Adam Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Charles Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Charles Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Harry Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Loyd Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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