Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Dawson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Dawson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
William Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Dawson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 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
- Jesse Dawsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
- Segrand Dawsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 13 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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