Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Thompson, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Henry Thompson registered to vote in Walker County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Alabama, registered in Walker County, Texas

Alabama
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

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Henry Thompson

Texas

Name: Henry Thompson
Place of birth: Alabama
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 1
Registered: August 19, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Walker County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Signature, as written: "H. Thompson"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Thompson in Walker County

Anderson Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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

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

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