Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John M. Dixon, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John M. Dixon registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John M. Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John M. Dixon
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn M. Dixon reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Dixon in Bastrop County
- Louis Dixonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1829
- Willis Dixonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1845
Dixons 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 11 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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