Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Augustus Scott, Tyler County, Texas, 1867

Augustus Scott registered to vote in Tyler County on August 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Tyler County
Texas
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Tyler County

Augustus Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Augustus Scott
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Tyler County
18 years
Years in the precinct
18 years
Years in Texas before Tyler County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Augustus Scott"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Augustus Scott reported 2 years 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 4 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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