Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elic Thompson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Elic Thompson registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Elic Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elic Thompson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Ellis x Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Shelby County
- Baylor Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Harrison Thompsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Jack Thompsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
- 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 18 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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