Dickard · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Dickard in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Dickard registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in McLennan County (4). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1866.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Dickards registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Dickard registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
1
Counties
1866
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Dickards registered

Texas counties where the Dickards registered
CountyFreedmen%
McLennan County4100%

When the Dickards reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Dickards
DecadeFreedmen
1860s
4

Every Dickard in the register

The Dickards in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Benjamin DickardMcLennan County1866
Charles DickardMcLennan County1867
Jeff DickardMcLennan County
Tom DickardMcLennan County1866

Dickard genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Dickard in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. McLennan County holds 4 of the 4. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Dickard?

McLennan County (4). In all, 4 registered across 1 Texas county between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Dickard appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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