Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Scott, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Jesse Scott registered to vote in Davis County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jesse Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Scott
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Davis County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Davis County
- ? Scottborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Scottborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- 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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