Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Dawson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Dawson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Jesse Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Dawson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dawson in Brazoria County
- Isaac Dawsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Segrand Dawsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- William Dawsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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