Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaiah Dickson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Isaiah Dickson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Isaiah Dickson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaiah Dickson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dickson in Brazoria County
- Alfred Dicksonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Thornton Dicksonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Dicksons 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 19 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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