Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Watson Osborne, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Watson Osborne registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Watson Osborne
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Watson Osborne
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWatson Osborne reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Osborne in Fort Bend County
- Isaac Osbornereached Texas about 1866
Osbornes elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Osborne
- Osborn 6
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 37 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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