Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Scott, Walker County, Texas, 1869

Jacob Scott registered to vote in Walker County on November 16, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Walker County

Jacob Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Scott
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
10 months
Years in Walker County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Signature, as written
"Jacob X Scott"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Scott in Walker County

Scotts elsewhere in Texas

All 155 freedmen named Scott 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 39 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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