Dikes · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Dikes in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Dikes registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Gonzales County (2). The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Dikeses registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Dikes registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
1
Counties
1837
Earliest arrival
1830s
Fullest decade

Where the Dikeses registered

Texas counties where the Dikeses registered
CountyFreedmen%
Gonzales County2100%

When the Dikeses reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Dikeses
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
1

Every Dikes in the register

The Dikeses in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Lewis DikesGonzales County1837
Richard DikesGonzales County1848

Dikes genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Dikes in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Gonzales County holds 2 of the 2. 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 Dikes?

Gonzales County (2). In all, 2 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 Dikes appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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