Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Kit Watson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Kit Watson registered to vote in Dallas County on September 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Kit Watson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Kit Watson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 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 25 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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