Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gideon Dickerson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Gideon Dickerson registered to vote in Shelby County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 1 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
33 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1834
Reached Texas
32 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1834 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Gideon Dickerson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gideon Dickerson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
33 years
Years in Shelby County
1 year
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Shelby County
32 years
Signature, as written
"Gideon x Dickerson"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

32 years

Gideon Dickerson reported 32 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Dickersons elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Dickerson in Texas

Variations of Dickerson

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 6 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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