Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Dodson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Dodson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 5 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Samuel Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Dodson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Dodson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSamuel Dodson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Dodson in Harrison County
- Booker Dodsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 45 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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