Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Watson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Watson registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transfered to Marion County" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Isaac Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Watson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transfered to Marion County"
Other freedmen named Watson in Davis County
- Green Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- John Watsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Stephen Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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