Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ebin Scott, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ebin Scott registered to vote in Harrison County on July 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Ebin Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ebin Scott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Harrison County
- Allen Scottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Ben Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- Benjamin Scottborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Franklin Scottborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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