Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Saffold, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
James Saffold registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
James Saffold
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Saffold
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Saffold in Guadalupe County
- Alec Saffoldborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Cyrus Saffoldborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Samuel Saffoldborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Will Saffoldborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Wilson Saffoldborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
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 Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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