Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Dickey, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Dickey registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Walker County
Sam Dickey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Dickey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. X Dickey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dickey in Walker County
- George Dickeyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Dickeyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Madison Dickeyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Randall Dickeyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
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 21 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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