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Sources consulted for the biography of:Archer Scott (ca. 1836–1909)
Biographical Information
- United States Census Schedules, Nottoway Co., 1870 (age thirty-five), 1880 (age forty-five), 1900 (May 1836 birth date and age sixty-four), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- R. G. Rutherford to Maj. J. R. Stone, Jan. 23, 1868 (quotation and age "about 35 years"), Roll 63, and Scott deposition in Nov. 25, 1867, case of assault, Roll 105, both in Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia (1865–1872), Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, M1913, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Nottoway Co. Deed Books, 2:613–614; 6:129–130, 322–323; 8:310; 11:165; 12:797; 15:74, 173–175; 24:528; 25:355, 383–384 (last appearance on 5 Jan. 1909).
- Nottoway Co. Order Book, 4:56.
- Personal Property Tax Returns, 1908 (last year listed) and Land Tax Returns, 1909 (last year listed), both Nottoway Co., Auditor of Public Accounts, Record Group 48, Library of Virginia.
- Biography with death in 1908 in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 36, 38.
Political Career
- List of Colored Voters Polled in 2nd District, Nottoway Co., Oct. 22, 1867, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Military Rule Election Records (1867, 1869), Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Nos. 10 (1875), 14 (1879), 17 (1881), and 65 (1883), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1875–1876 sess.), 49, 153, 193, 296–297, 378.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1876–1877 sess.), 125.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1879–1880 sess.), 29–30, 59–60, 156, 271, 404.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1881–1882 sess.), 26, 31.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1883–1884 sess.), 34–35, 137.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1884 extra sess.), 242, 267.
Newspapers
- Farmville Mercury, Oct. 28, 1875.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, Nov. 6, 1875; Aug. 17, 1876; May 1, 1880; Aug. 5, 1883.
- Richmond Dispatch, Aug. 21, 1891.
- Richmond Times, Sept. 26, 1900.
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