Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Watkins, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Henry Watkins registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 5, 1867. He reported 28 years in Texas, 24 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Henry Watkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Watkins
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Watkins"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsHenry Watkins reported 4 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
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 4 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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