Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Dodson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Frank Dodson registered to vote in Walker County on August 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Frank Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Dodson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank his X mark Dodson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsFrank Dodson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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