Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Thompson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jack Thompson registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Jack Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Thompson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Brittain"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsJack Thompson reported 28 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
- Virgil Thompsonborn in Georgia, 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 13 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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