Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Watson, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Samuel Watson registered to vote in Leon County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Leon County
Samuel Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Watson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel mark X Watson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watson in Leon County
- Alexander Watsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- John Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Morgan Watsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 31 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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