Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Watson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Watson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Joseph Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Watson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Fayette County
- Jeff Watsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
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 3 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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