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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Watson ( –d. 1869)
Primary Sources
- First quotation in Mecklenburg Co. Deed Book 37:484–485.
- Charlotte Co. Order Book 37A, p. 141.
- Second quotation in Alexander D. Bailie to Major J. R. Stone, May 31, 1867, Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia (1865–1869), Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, M1048, Reel 47, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Deposition of John Watson, February 21, 1867, Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia (1865–1872), Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, M1913, Roll 61, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- 1867 election in Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, no. 427, Accession 38055, Barcode 1151341, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Virginia [1868], 16, 28, 29, 110 (fourth quotation), 111 (sixth quotation), 147–148 (fifth quotation).
- 1869 election return in General Orders and Circulars, Headquarters First Military District, 1869 (1870), "Summary of the result of the election for members of the House of Delegates of Virginia, held on the 6th day of July, 1869," 22.
Secondary Sources
- Brief biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 43.
- Richard G. Lowe, "Virginia's Reconstruction Convention: General Schofield Rates the Delegates," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 80 (1972): 349.
- Richard L. Hume, "The Membership of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868: A Study of the Beginnings of Congressional Reconstruction in the Upper South," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 86 (1978): 484.
Newspapers
- Clarksville Tobacco Plant, April 12, 1867 (third quotation); May 24, 1867; September 20, 1867; December 27, 1867; September 22, 29, 1869; October 6, 1869.
- Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser, August 2, 1867.
- Alexandria Gazette, June 24, 1869.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, July 12, 1869.
Obituaries
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 8, 1869 (with "Monday evening," Dec. 6, 1869 death date and incorrect first name James).
- Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser, December 10, 1869.
- Clarksville Tobacco Plant, December 15, 1869 (with incorrect "Monday, the 5th" death date).
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