Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sterling Scott, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Sterling Scott registered to vote in Austin County on July 31, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Sterling Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sterling Scott
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsSterling Scott reported 18 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Austin County
- Cornelious Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- 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
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 14 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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