Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Watson, Hill County, Texas, 1869
Alfred Watson registered to vote in Hill County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Alfred Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Watson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Hill County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsAlfred Watson reported 22 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
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 21 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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