Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Dickey, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Dickey registered to vote in Walker County on August 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Henry Dickey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Dickey
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Dickey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dickey in Walker County
- George Dickeyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Madison Dickeyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Randall Dickeyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Sam Dickeyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Dickeys 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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