Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Watson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Watson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Andrew Watson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Watson
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 4, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Andrew Watson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Watson in Bastrop County

Watsons elsewhere in Texas

All 83 freedmen named Watson 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 2 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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