Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Thompson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
William Thompson registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
William Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Thompson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsWilliam Thompson reported 28 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Walker County
- Anderson Thompsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- 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
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 30 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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