Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Dodson, Parker County, Texas, 1868
Charles Dodson registered to vote in Parker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Charles Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Dodson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Parker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Parker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Parker County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsCharles Dodson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
Dodsons 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 14 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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