Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Colbert Scott, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Colbert Scott registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Colbert Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Colbert Scott
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Brazoria County
- Alexander Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
- Archibald Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- David B. Scottborn in Illinois
- Edmond Scottborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1865
- Edward Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
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 5 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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