Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Scott, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Martin Scott registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Martin Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Scott
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsMartin Scott reported 7 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
- 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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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