Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Scott, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Henry Scott registered to vote in Davis County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Davis County
Henry Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Scott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Davis County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Davis County
- ? Scottborn in South Carolina, 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. It sits on page 65 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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