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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearPierce Scott reported 1 year more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Brazoria County
- Alexander Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
- Archibald Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Colbert Scottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1851
- David B. Scottborn in Illinois
- Edmond Scottborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
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 3 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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