Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Watson, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Stephen Watson registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Davis County
Stephen Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Watson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Davis County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Davis County
- Green Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Watsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- John Watsonborn in Louisiana, 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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