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Jacob Dodson was a free born African-American man who accompanied John C. Fremont on three expeditions of the American West. He was originally from Washington, D.C. After his expeditions, he was employed as a messenger/attendant for the U.S. Senate. At the start of the American Civil War, Dodson offered to muster a company of black soldiers, but was rebuffed.

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Jacob Dodson was a free born African-American man who accompanied John C. Fremont on three expeditions of the American West. He was originally from Washington, D.C. After his expeditions, he was employed as a messenger/attendant for the U.S. Senate. At the start of the American Civil War, Dodson offered to muster a company of black soldiers, but was rebuffed.

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Source Citation Year: 1850; Census Place: Washington Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: 56; Page: 121a Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 5; Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia; Page: 18 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. A portion of this collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.