Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Russel Sawrence, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Russel Sawrence registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Russel Sawrence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Russel Sawrence
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sawrence in Anderson County
- Alford Sawrenceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Bill Sawrenceborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Daniel Sawrenceborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- Dick Sawrenceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Jenny Sawrenceborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
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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