Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wallace Thompson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Wallace Thompson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Wallace Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wallace Thompson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWallace Thompson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Grayson County
- Robert Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
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 3 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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