Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Philip Sayle, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Philip Sayle registered to vote in Hunt County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
about 1856
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Hunt County

Philip Sayle

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Philip Sayle
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
11
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Hunt County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Hunt County
10 years
Signature, as written
"Philip Taylor"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Philip Sayle reported 10 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Other freedmen named Sayle in Hunt County

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 13 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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