Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Dixon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Dixon registered to vote in Harrison County on July 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Wilson Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Dixon
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- 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
- Henry Dixonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 20 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Harrison CountyThe Dixon name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch Harrison County by name