Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Thompson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Thompson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 12 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
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1834
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
Isaac Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Thompson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsIsaac Thompson reported 21 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Dallas County
- Rich Thompsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
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 22 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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