Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Semison Scott, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867

Semison Scott registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 15 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Lavaca County, Texas
27 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County

Semison Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Semison (Sampson) Scott
County of registration
Lavaca County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 6, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Lavaca County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Lavaca County
12 years
Naturalized, how
"County Court"
Naturalized, when
"July 6th 1867"
Naturalized, where
"LaGrange, Texas"
Signature, as written
"Harrison Scott"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Lavaca County highlighted
Lavaca County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Semison (Sampson) Scott reported 12 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.

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 6 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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