Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Leonidas Thompson, Cherokee County, Texas, 1869
Leonidas Thompson registered to vote in Cherokee County on Nov. 26 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
Leonidas Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Leonidas Thompson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Nov. 26 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Thompson in Cherokee County
- Daney Thompsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Jacob Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- Lewis Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Ralph Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Wash Thompsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
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 59 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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