Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W.C. Thompson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
W.C. Thompson registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
W.C. Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W.C. Thompson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsW.C. Thompson reported 2 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
- 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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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