Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Dodson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Tom Dodson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Tom Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Dodson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsTom Dodson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Dodson in Fayette County
- Delaware Dodsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Jack Dodsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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