Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Sayles, Jackson County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Sayles registered to vote in Jackson County on September 24, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Sayles
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sayles in Jackson County
- James Saylesreached Texas about 1846
Sayleses 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 10 of the Jackson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Jackson County, Texas
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