Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
G.M. Sawyers, Hill County, Texas, 1867
G.M. Sawyers registered to vote in Hill County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored Left" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
G.M. Sawyers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- G.M. Sawyers
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Hillsboro
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Hill County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Hill County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Left"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsG.M. Sawyers reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hill County.
Sawyerses 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 14 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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