Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Saddler, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Saddler registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Elijah Saddler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Saddler
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Saddler in Anderson County
- Allen Saddlerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Henry Saddlerborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1858
- Pleasant Saddlerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Saddlers elsewhere in Texas
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 Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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