Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Pierce Scott, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Pierce Scott registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 31, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazoria County

Pierce Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Pierce Scott
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Brazoria County
10 years
Years in Texas before Brazoria County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Pierce Scott reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazoria County.

Other freedmen named Scott in Brazoria County

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. It sits on page 3 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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