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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Anderson County
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Anderson County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Anderson County highlighted
Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Gavin Sacy reported 17 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.

Other freedmen named Sacy in Anderson 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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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