Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mosis Dickerson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Mosis Dickerson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Mosis Dickerson

Texas

Name: Mosis Dickerson
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Brazoria County
Registered: August 2, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Brazoria County: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Dickersons elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Dickerson in Texas

Variations of Dickerson

Dickenson 5

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 6 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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