Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Dickenson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869

Henry Dickenson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Henry Dickenson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Dickenson
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Brazos County
3 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Henry Dickenson reported 18 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Dickensons elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Dickenson in Texas

Variations of Dickenson

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 39 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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