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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Parker County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Charles Dodson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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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