Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Watson, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Watson registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
Alfred Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Watson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Guadalupe County
- Aaron Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jack Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- William Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
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 7 of the Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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