Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Sasser, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Sasser registered to vote in Davis County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
Jacob Sasser
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Sasser
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sasser in Davis County
- Isaac Sasserborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Wright Sasserborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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 26 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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