Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Kennedy Thompson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867

Kennedy Thompson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Hopkins County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
about 1863
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hopkins County

Kennedy Thompson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Kennedy Thompson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Hopkins County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Hopkins County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Years in Texas before Hopkins County
3 years
Signature, as written
"Kennedy Thompson"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hopkins County highlighted
Hopkins County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Kennedy Thompson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.

Variations of Thompson

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 26 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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