Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Dikes, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Richard Dikes registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 23, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
1848186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County
Richard Dikes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard [Jerry] Dikes
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dikes in Gonzales County
- Lewis Dikesreached Texas about 1837
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 42 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Gonzales County, Texas
Gonzales County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Gonzales CountyThe Dikes name in TexasSearch Gonzales County by name