Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Watson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Watson registered to vote in Henderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Spencer Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Watson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Spencer Watson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsSpencer Watson reported 8 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Watson in Henderson County
- John Watsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
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 2 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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