Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rich Thompson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Rich Thompson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- 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 Dallas County
Rich Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rich Thompson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thompson in Dallas County
- Isaac Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1834
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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