Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Scott, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Harry Scott registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Harry Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Scott
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHarry Scott reported 6 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
- 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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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