Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amen Scott, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Amen Scott registered to vote in Dallas County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
1858186018621864186618681870
In Dallas County
Amen Scott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amen Scott
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Scott in Dallas County
- Woodson Scottborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 16 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Dallas County, Texas
Dallas County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Dallas CountyThe Scott name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Dallas County by name