Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Dodson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Adam Dodson registered to vote in Austin County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Adam Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Dodson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Dodsons 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 23 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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