Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Scott, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Peter Scott registered to vote in Fayette County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Peter Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Scott
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 50 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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