Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Scott, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Anthony Scott registered to vote in Walker County on September 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Anthony Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Scott
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Anthony his X mark Scott"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Walker County
- Alfred Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Branch Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Henry Scottborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Jacob Scottborn in Louisiana
- James Scottborn in Virginia
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 33 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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