Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Dodson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jack Dodson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- 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 Fayette County
Jack Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Dodson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dodson in Fayette County
- Delaware Dodsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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