Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Watson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Eli Watson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Eli Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Watson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Brazoria County
- Auther Watsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Charles Watsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- John Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- London Watsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1827
- Luke Watsonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1860
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 27 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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