Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelious Scott, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Cornelious Scott registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Cornelious Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelious Scott
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsCornelious Scott reported 28 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Austin County
- David Scottborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Frank Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Martin Scottborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Sterling Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
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 64 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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