Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Woodson Scott, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Woodson Scott registered to vote in Dallas County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Woodson Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Woodson Scott
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Dallas County
- Amen Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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 15 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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