Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Watkins, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jack Watkins registered to vote in Anderson County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jack Watkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Watkins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watkins in Anderson County
- Andrews Watkinsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Edmund Watkinsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Willis Watkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Watkinses 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 23 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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