Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Watts, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
John Watts registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 19, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
In Fort Bend County
John Watts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Watts
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 15 years
Other freedmen named Watts in Fort Bend County
- Eli Wattsreached Texas about 1845
- Isam Wattsreached Texas about 1866
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 25 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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