Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gavin Sacy, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Gavin Sacy registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 8 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Gavin Sacy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gavin Sacy
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsGavin Sacy reported 17 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Sacy in Anderson County
- Alford Sacyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1843
- Horace Sacyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Lewis Sacyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Micajah Sacyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
- Miles Sacyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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