Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Thompson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Robert Thompson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Grayson County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Grayson County

Robert Thompson

Texas

Name: Robert Thompson
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Grayson County
Precinct: 5
Registered: July 24, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Grayson County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thompson in Grayson County

Wallace Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846

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 Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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