Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Noah Watson, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Noah Watson registered to vote in Madison County. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Noah Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Noah Watson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Madison County
- 14 months
- Years in the precinct
- 14 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Noah Waters"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsNoah Watson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 10 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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