Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Morgan Watson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Morgan Watson registered to vote in Leon County on August 6, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Morgan Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Morgan Watson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Morgan Watson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMorgan Watson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Leon County
- Alexander Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- John Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Samuel Watsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Washington Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
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 3 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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