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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

W.C. Thompson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Thompson in Harrison County

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 freedmen named Thompson in Texas

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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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