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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAnderson Thompson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Walker County
- Henry Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Isaac Thompsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Isaac Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Sam Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- William Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
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 12 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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