Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Dickson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Dickson registered to vote in Hopkins County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hopkins County. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Joseph Dickson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Dickson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "James x Silas"
Dicksons 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 5 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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