Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
November Dixon, Leon County, Texas, 1869
November Dixon registered to vote in Leon County on November 24, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
November Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- November Dixon
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Leon County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alexander his X mark Dishon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dixon in Leon County
- Robert Dixonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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 35 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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