Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Watts, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Eli Watts registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 10, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Eli Watts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Watts
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 22 years
Other freedmen named Watts in Fort Bend County
- Isam Wattsreached Texas about 1866
- John Wattsreached Texas about 1852
Wattses 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 14 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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