Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Absalam Dickie, Walker County, Texas, 1868

Absalam Dickie registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. 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.

Born in South Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas

South Carolina
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Walker County

Absalam Dickie

Texas

Name: Absalam Dickie
Place of birth: South Carolina
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 3
Registered: January 30, 1868
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Walker County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "Absalom his X mark Dickey"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Dickie in Walker County

Colman Dickieborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Lang Dickieborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Quince Dickieborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853

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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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