Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
? Scott, Davis County, Texas, 1867
? Scott registered to vote in Davis County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Transfered to Marion County" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
? Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- ? Scott
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Davis County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Transfered to Marion County"
Other freedmen named Scott in Davis County
- Henry Scottborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Jesse Scottborn in Alabama
- Joe Scottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
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. Davis County's entries fill 67 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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