Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Watkins, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Watkins registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jerry Watkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Watkins
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry X Watkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJerry Watkins reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Watkins in Walker County
- Clinton Watkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Jefferson Watkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Sam Watkinsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Simon Watkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Watkinses 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 Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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