Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Thompson, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Thompson registered to vote in Wood County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Edmund Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Wood County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edmund his X mark Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsEdmund Thompson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Wood County
- Jack Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Peter Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 15 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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