Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jessee Thompson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Jessee Thompson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Jessee Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jessee Thompson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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