Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mike Scott, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Mike Scott registered to vote in Fayette County on July 25, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Mike Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mike Scott
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsMike Scott reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Fayette County
- Arthur Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Banister Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Charlie Scottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- David Scottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Elbert Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 23 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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