DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Haywood Watkins, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867

Haywood Watkins registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 17, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in DeWitt County, Texas
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Haywood Watkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Haywood Watkins
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in DeWitt County
3 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt 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 3 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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