Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Thompson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Charles Thompson registered to vote in Hunt County on September 27, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Charles Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Thompson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charley x Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Hunt County
- Major Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
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 23 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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