Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Thompson, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Jack Thompson registered to vote in Wood County on July 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "evid. not" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Wood County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Wood County

Jack Thompson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Thompson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Wood County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Signature, as written
"Jack his X mark Thompson"
Remarks, as written
"evid. not"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thompson in Wood 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. It sits on page 9 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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