Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Virgil Thompson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Virgil Thompson registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Virgil Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Virgil Thompson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J B Yates"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsVirgil Thompson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Shelby County
- Baylor Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Elic Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Harrison Thompsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
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 13 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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