Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Dixon, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Lewis Dixon registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Lewis Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Dixon
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsLewis Dixon reported 15 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Dixon in Austin County
- John Dixonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1852
- Nelson Dixonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Dixons 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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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