Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Thompson, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Sam Thompson registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Sam Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Thompson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his X mark Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsSam Thompson reported 10 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
- 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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