Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Watson Cannon, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Watson Cannon registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Watson Cannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Watson Cannon
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWatson Cannon reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Cannon in Fayette County
- William Cannonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
Cannons 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 20 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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