Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Thompson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Allen Thompson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Allen Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAllen Thompson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Harrison County
- Abram Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Absalom Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Alfred Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Andrew Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Bier Thompsonborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1851
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 60 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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