Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willaim Dodson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Willaim Dodson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 5 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Willaim Dodson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willaim Dodson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsWillaim Dodson reported 12 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Dodsons 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 9 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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