Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Thompson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Major Thompson registered to vote in Hunt County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Major Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Thompson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Major his X mark Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMajor Thompson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Hunt County
- Charles Thompsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1860
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 Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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