Dixon · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Dixon in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 29 freedmen

29 freedmen named Dixon registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Bowie County (4), Harrison County (4) and Austin County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1829.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Dixons registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Dixon registered, on the 1870 county map
29
Freedmen
15
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1829
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Dixons registered

Texas counties where the Dixons registered
CountyFreedmen%
Bowie County414%
Harrison County414%
Austin County310%
Bastrop County310%
Freestone County27%
Leon County27%
McLennan County27%
Shelby County27%
Brazoria County13%
Cherokee County13%
Colorado County13%
Hays County13%
San Augustine County13%
Walker County13%
Wharton County13%

Where the Dixons were born

Birthplaces the Dixons reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia623%
Alabama312%
Mississippi312%
South Carolina312%
Louisiana28%
North Carolina28%
Virginia28%
Kentucky14%
Maryland14%
Missouri14%
Tennessee14%
Texas14%

When the Dixons reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Dixons
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
0
1840s
6
1850s
7
1860s
15

Every Dixon in the register

The Dixons in the register, 1 to 29 of 29
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram DixonBowie CountyGeorgia1861
Albert DixonFreestone CountyKentucky1867
Allen DixonHarrison CountyTennessee1858
Charles DixonHarrison CountyGeorgia1859
Claborne DixonWharton County1866
David DixonBowie CountySouth Carolina1849
Eli DixonBowie CountySouth Carolina1849
Gilford DixonHays CountyLouisiana
Henry DixonHarrison CountyAlabama1853
Henry DixonSan Augustine CountyGeorgia1866
James DixonCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Jeffery DixonFreestone CountyAlabama1860
Jerrie DixonShelby CountyGeorgia1863
Jo DixonBowie CountyMissouri1849
John DixonAustin CountyMaryland1852
John M. DixonBastrop CountyGeorgia1863
Joseph DixonColorado CountySouth Carolina1857
Josephus DixonWalker CountyNorth Carolina1862
Lewis DixonAustin CountyAlabama1851
Louis DixonBastrop CountyMississippi1829
Moses DixonShelby CountyGeorgia1864
Nelson DixonAustin CountyTexas1847
November DixonLeon CountyLouisiana1864
Robert DixonLeon CountyNorth Carolina1861
Samuel DixonMcLennan County1866
William DixonBrazoria CountyVirginia1843
William DixonMcLennan County1866
Willis DixonBastrop CountyMississippi1845
Wilson DixonHarrison CountyMississippi1852

Dixon genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Dixon in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Bowie County holds 4 of the 29, Harrison County 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.

Where did the Dixons in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (6), Alabama (3) and Mississippi (3) as their birthplaces most often, and 1 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Dixon?

Bowie County (4), Harrison County (4), Austin County (3). In all, 29 registered across 15 Texas counties 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 Dixon appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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