Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dixon, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Dixon registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dixon
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dixon in Austin County
- Lewis Dixonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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