Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Watkins, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Watkins registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Walker County
Sam Watkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Watkins
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Walker County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Clarkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Watkins in Walker County
- Clinton Watkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Jefferson Watkinsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Jerry Watkinsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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