Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Sawrence, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sam Sawrence registered to vote in Anderson County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 21 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Sam Sawrence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Sawrence
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearSam Sawrence reported 1 year more in Texas than in Anderson County.
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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