Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Watkins, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Moses Watkins registered to vote in Wood County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Moses Watkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Watkins
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses his X mark Watkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMoses Watkins reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Watkinses 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 Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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