Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Anderson Thompson, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Anderson Thompson registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Anderson Thompson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Anderson Thompson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Walker County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Anderson X Thompson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Anderson Thompson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Thompson in Walker County

Thompsons elsewhere in Texas

All 165 freedmen named Thompson in Texas

Variations of Thompson

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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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