Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hutchings Watson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Hutchings Watson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 16 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Hutchings Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hutchings Watson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHutchings Watson reported 5 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Grayson County
- Anderson Watsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Charles Watsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Edwin Watsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Watsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
- John Watsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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 10 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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