Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Watson, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
John Watson registered to vote in Freestone County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Freestone County
John Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Watson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Freestone County
- Butler Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Moses Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- Thomas Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Watsons 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 33 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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