Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerre Waters, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Jerre Waters registered to vote in Freestone County on August 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Jerre Waters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerre Waters
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Waters in Freestone County
- David Watersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Richard Watersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 26 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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