Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Watson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Watson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
James Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Watson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJames Watson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Harrison County
- Jacob Watsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- James Watsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Mack Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Wiley Watsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 15 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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