Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spotwood Dickerson, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Spotwood Dickerson registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Spotwood Dickerson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spotwood Dickerson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 3, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Austin County
14 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Spotwood Dickerson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Dickerson in Austin County

Dickersons elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Dickerson in Texas

Variations of Dickerson

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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