Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Saunders, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Saunders registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 18, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nelson Saunders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Saunders
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsNelson Saunders reported 3 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Saunderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Saunders
- Sanders 59
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 5 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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