Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Dawson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Dawson registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Dawson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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