Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Watson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Watson registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Joseph Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Watson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Watson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Gonzales County
- Isaac Watsonreached Texas about 1855
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 19 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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