Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Waters, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Richard Waters registered to vote in Freestone County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Richard Waters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Waters
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waters in Freestone County
- David Watersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Jerre Watersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Waterses 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 19 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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