Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Scott, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Scott registered to vote in Brazos County on June 25, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Alexander Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Scott
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAlexander Scott reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Brazos County
- Alex. Scottreached Texas about 1866
- Andrew Scottreached Texas about 1846
- Bryant Scottreached Texas about 1860
- Cary Scottreached Texas about 1864
- George Scottreached Texas about 1863
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 8 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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