Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Scott, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Scott registered to vote in Galveston County on July 12, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
1846186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Joseph Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Scott
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJoseph Scott reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Galveston County
- Antonio Scottreached Texas about 1866
- Charles Scottreached Texas about 1863
- Frank Scottreached Texas about 1851
- Mike Scottreached Texas about 1846
- Robert Scottreached Texas about 1853
Scotts 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 40 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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