Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Watkins, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Watkins registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Joseph Watkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Watkins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Watkins in Caldwell County
- Anthony Watkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Daniel Watkinsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
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 14 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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