Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clebun Scott, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Clebun Scott registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Clebun Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clebun Scott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
Other freedmen named Scott in Matagorda County
- Charles Scottborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
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 11 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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