Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Owen Scott, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Owen Scott registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Owen Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Owen Scott
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. X Scott"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Walker County
- Alfred Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Anthony Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Branch Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Scottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jacob Scottborn in Louisiana
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 26 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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