Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Watson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Henry Watson registered to vote in Freestone County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Henry Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Watson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Freestone County
- Butler Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
- John Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 8 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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