Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Watson Dourough, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1868

Watson Dourough registered to vote in Van Zandt County on January 29, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 4 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Van Zandt County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Van Zandt County

Watson Dourough

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Watson Dourough
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Van Zandt County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Van Zandt County
4 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Van Zandt County highlighted
Van Zandt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Watson Dourough reported 10 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.

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 18 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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