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Scott in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 155 freedmen

155 freedmen named Scott registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Fayette County (17), Harrison County (17) and Brazoria County (16). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1837.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Scotts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Scott registered, on the 1870 county map
155
Freedmen
38
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1837
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Scotts registered

Texas counties where the Scotts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Fayette County1711%
Harrison County1711%
Brazoria County1610%
McLennan County149%
Walker County117%
Brazos County106%
Galveston County75%
Austin County64%
Colorado County64%
Fort Bend County64%
Bastrop County43%
Davis County43%
San Augustine County43%
Freestone County32%
Jackson County32%
Bexar County21%
Burleson County21%
Dallas County21%
Guadalupe County21%
Anderson County1under 1%
Cameron County1under 1%
Chambers County1under 1%
Cherokee County1under 1%
Cooke County1under 1%
Denton County1under 1%
Falls County1under 1%
Goliad County1under 1%
Gonzales County1under 1%
Hunt County1under 1%
Johnson County1under 1%
Madison County1under 1%
Matagorda County1under 1%
Newton County1under 1%
Nueces County1under 1%
Orange County1under 1%
Tarrant County1under 1%
Wharton County1under 1%
Wood County1under 1%

Where the Scotts were born

Birthplaces the Scotts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia2422%
Alabama1716%
Tennessee1110%
Louisiana109%
Mississippi87%
Texas87%
North Carolina76%
Georgia66%
South Carolina66%
Maryland44%
Kentucky33%
Florida22%
Missouri22%
Illinois1under 1%

When the Scotts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Scotts
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
44
1850s
37
1860s
71

Every Scott in the register

The Scotts in the register, 101 to 150 of 155
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
McCagee ScottMcLennan County1866
Mike ScottFayette CountyKentucky1844
Mike ScottGalveston County1846
Monroe ScottHarrison CountyAlabama1847
Nathan ScottFayette CountyMaryland1852
Natt ScottColorado CountyTennessee1854
Nelson ScottDenton CountyTennessee1847
Nelson ScottHarrison CountyMississippi1846
Nick ScottWharton County1866
Owen ScottWalker CountyFlorida1861
Peter ScottFayette CountyAlabama1866
Peter ScottHarrison CountyLouisiana1846
Peyton ScottBexar CountyTexas1844
Peyton ScottFayette CountyTexas1847
Pompey ScottHunt CountyAlabama1860
Porter ScottBrazos County1862
Primus ScottWalker CountyFlorida
Prince ScottBrazoria CountyLouisiana1856
Robert ScottCooke CountyAlabama1860
Robert ScottFort Bend County1844
Robert ScottFort Bend County1863
Robert ScottGalveston County1853
Robert ScottMcLennan County1866
Royal ScottFort Bend County1847
Sam ScottBrazos County1847
Sam ScottFayette CountyTennessee1854
Sammuel ScottBrazoria CountyVirginia1859
Samuel ScottHarrison CountyTennessee1846
Samuel ScottWalker CountyAlabama
Scipio ScottWalker CountyAlabama1853
Scott ScottBrazoria CountyLouisiana1849
Simon ScottGuadalupe CountyVirginia
Squire ScottFayette CountyMissouri1847
Stephen ScottBrazoria CountyGeorgia1863
Sterling ScottAustin CountyAlabama1847
T ScottJohnson CountyAlabama1843
Thomas ScottTarrant CountyTennessee1855
Thomas ScottWalker CountyVirginia1864
Thornton ScottMcLennan County1866
Toby ScottHarrison CountyTexas1846
Tyler ScottFort Bend County1866
William ScottCameron CountyMaryland1860
William ScottFayette CountyMississippi1854
William ScottGalveston County1865
William ScottHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1847
William ScottHarrison CountyTennessee1849
William ScottMcLennan County1867
William ScottOrange CountyMaryland
William ScottSan Augustine CountyTennessee1866
William Jackson ScottSan Augustine CountyTexas1866

Scott genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Scott in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Fayette County holds 17 of the 155, Harrison County 17. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Scotts in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (24), Alabama (17) and Tennessee (11) as their birthplaces most often, and 8 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Scott?

Fayette County (17), Harrison County (17), Brazoria County (16). In all, 155 registered across 38 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Scott appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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