Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Albert Scott, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Albert Scott registered to vote in Freestone County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Freestone County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Albert Scott

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Albert Scott
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 24, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Scott in Freestone County

  • David Scottborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1860
  • Joe Scottborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1867

Scotts elsewhere in Texas

All 155 freedmen named Scott 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 6 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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