Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

David Scott, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

David Scott registered to vote in Freestone County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Freestone County

David Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
David Scott
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 14, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Scott in Freestone County

  • Albert Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
  • Joe Scottborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867

Scotts elsewhere in Texas

All 155 freedmen named Scott 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. Freestone County's entries fill 45 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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