Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Sandel, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Charles Sandel registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 2 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Charles Sandel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Sandel
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Madison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Sandel"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsCharles Sandel reported 15 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Sandel in Madison County
- Ervin Sandelborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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