Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Dikes, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Dikes registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored Removed" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
1837186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County
Lewis Dikes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Dikes
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Removed"
Other freedmen named Dikes in Gonzales County
- Richard Dikesreached Texas about 1848
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 8 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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