Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Haliard Watson, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Haliard Watson registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Haliard Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Haliard Watson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Watson in Caldwell County
- Augustus Watsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Joseph Watsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Lat. Watsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Nathan Watsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
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 15 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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