Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Dodson, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Henry Dodson registered to vote in Leon County on November 26, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Henry Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Dodson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Dodson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Dodsons 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 38 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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