Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Dawson, Parker County, Texas, 1867
George Dawson registered to vote in Parker County on September 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 7 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
George Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Dawson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Parker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsGeorge Dawson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
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 Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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