Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Dixon, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Dixon registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Charles Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Dixon
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dixon in Harrison County
- Allen Dixonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Dixonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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