Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Scott, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Richard Scott registered to vote in Tyler County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 16 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Tyler County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Richard Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Scott
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Tyler County
16 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Tyler County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Richard Scott reported 1 year more in Texas than in Tyler County.

Other freedmen named Scott in Tyler County

Scotts elsewhere in Texas

All 177 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 1 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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