Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Grayson Watt, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Grayson Watt registered to vote in Harrison County on August 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Grayson Watt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Grayson Watt
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Watt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watt in Harrison County
- Moses Wattborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
Variations of Watt
- Watts 14
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 54 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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