Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Baylor Thompson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Baylor Thompson registered to vote in Shelby County on November 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Shelby County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 16 years
In Texas: 16 years
In the county: about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Baylor Thompson

Texas

Name: Baylor Thompson
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Shelby County
Precinct: 8
Registered: November 16, 1867
Years in Texas: 16 years
Years in Shelby County: 16 years
Years in the precinct: 16 years
Signature, as written: "Baylor Thompson"

Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thompson in Shelby County

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
Virgil Thompsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 freedmen named Thompson 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 22 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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