Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Dixon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Dixon registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Henry Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Dixon
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Dixon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Dixon in Harrison County
- Allen Dixonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Charles Dixonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Wilson Dixonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 50 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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