Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Thompson, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Peter Thompson registered to vote in Wood County on August 1, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Wood County
Peter Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Thompson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Wood County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Peter his X mark Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Wood County
- Edmund Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 12 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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