Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Dixon, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Peter Dixon registered to vote in Henderson County on August 2, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Henderson County
Peter Dixon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Dixon
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 months
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Watson"
- 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 4 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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