Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Thompson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Silas Thompson registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Silas Thompson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Thompson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSilas Thompson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Thompson in Anderson County
- Harvey Thompsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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