Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Watson, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Simon Watson registered to vote in Houston County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 18 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Simon Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Watson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Houston County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simon Walton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsSimon Watson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Houston County
- Cornelius Watsonborn in Mississippi, 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 1 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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