Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Scott, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Scott registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Henderson Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Scott
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsHenderson Scott reported 17 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Bastrop County
- Henry Scottborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Henry Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Williams Scottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
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 32 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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