Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Thompson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Thompson registered to vote in Leon County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Leon County
Daniel Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Thompson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Leon County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "David x Plumford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Leon County
- Augustus Thompsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 20 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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