Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Scott, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Scott registered to vote in Colorado County on July 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Daniel Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Scott
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsDaniel Scott reported 16 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Colorado County
- Allen Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Charles Scottborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- Eli Scottborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- John Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Natt Scottborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 9 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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