Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
German Watson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
German Watson registered to vote in Bexar County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
German Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- German Watson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- 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 34 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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