Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Scott, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Scott registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Aaron Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Scott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wood County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron his X mark Scott"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAaron Scott reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 18 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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