Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elija Dawson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Elija Dawson registered to vote in Freestone County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Elija Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elija Dawson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dawson in Freestone County
- John Dawsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Dawsons elsewhere in Texas
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 Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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