Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bier Thompson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Bier Thompson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 13, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Bier Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bier Thompson
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "B. Thompson"
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
- Allen Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Andrew Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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