Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Scott, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Allen Scott registered to vote in Colorado County on July 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Allen Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Scott
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Colorado County
- Charles Scottborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1864
- 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 5 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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