Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Dodson, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Tom Dodson registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Tom Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Dodson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
Other freedmen named Dodson in Fort Bend County
- Davy Dodsonreached Texas about 1861
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 38 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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