Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Scott, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Charles Scott registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Scott
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsCharles Scott reported 4 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Scott in Colorado County
- Allen Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Daniel Scottborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 49 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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