Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Watson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Watson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 11, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
James Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Watson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Harrison County
- Jacob Watsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- James Watsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 25 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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