Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Dawson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Dawson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Colorado County
William Dawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Dawson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dawson in Colorado County
- Thomas Dawsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Dawsons 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 1 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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