Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Dickson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Dickson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alfred Dickson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Dickson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dickson in Brazoria County
- Isaiah Dicksonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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