Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Scott, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
William Scott registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
William Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Scott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWilliam 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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