Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Dawson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Dawson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jerry Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Dawson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dawson in Anderson County
- Jefferson Dawsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Dawsons 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 16 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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