Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Houston Watson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Houston Watson registered to vote in Walker County on August 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
In Walker County
Houston Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Houston Watson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Winston X Gratam"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 8 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas
Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Watson name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Walker County by name