Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simpson Thompson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Simpson Thompson registered to vote in Henderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Simpson Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simpson Thompson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simpson Thompson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSimpson Thompson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
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 12 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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