Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Delaware Dodson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Delaware Dodson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Delaware Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Delaware Dodson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dodson in Fayette County
- Jack Dodsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Tom Dodsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
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 27 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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