Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Scott, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Edward Scott registered to vote in Tyler County on August 2, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 12 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Edward Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Scott
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edward Scott"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsEdward Scott reported 5 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Tyler County
- Aaron Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Augustus Scottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Richard Scottborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
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 3 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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