San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Billy Scott, San Augustine County, Texas, 1869
Billy Scott registered to vote in San Augustine County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Billy Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Billy Scott
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Billy Scott x"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in San Augustine County
- John Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- William Scottborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
- William Jackson Scottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
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 16 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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