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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Dallas County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

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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