Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Dawson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
John Dawson registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Leon County
John Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Dawson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen x Robinson"
Dawsons 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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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