Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Watts, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Simon Watts registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 8 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Simon Watts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Watts
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Wood County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simon his X mark Watts"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsSimon Watts reported 17 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Wattses 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 19 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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