Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jo Dixon, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Jo Dixon registered to vote in Bowie County on July 20, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Jo Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jo Dixon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dixon in Bowie County
- Abram Dixonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- David Dixonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Eli Dixonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 7 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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