Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Watson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Watson registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Alexander Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Watson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Absalom Waters"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAlexander Watson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Leon County
- John Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Morgan Watsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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