Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Scott, Chambers County, Texas, 1869
Bob Scott registered to vote in Chambers County on December 3, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in Texas in 1865" beside his name.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County
Bob Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Scott
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- December 3, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Chambers County
- 5 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in Texas in 1865"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBob Scott reported 5 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.
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 8 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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