Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus Dixon, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Josephus Dixon registered to vote in Walker County on September 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Josephus Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus Dixon
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Josephus his X mark Dixon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 33 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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