Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Thompson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Harry Thompson registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Harry Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Thompson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 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
- Henry Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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