Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scott Woodrett, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Scott Woodrett registered to vote in Harrison County on July 1, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Scott Woodrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scott Woodrett
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 11 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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