Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charlie Scott, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Charlie Scott registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charlie Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charlie Scott
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCharlie Scott reported 2 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
- David Scottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Elbert Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Ephriam Scottborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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