Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elliah Sanders, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Elliah Sanders registered to vote in Galveston County on June 6, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Elliah Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elliah Sanders
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Galveston County
- Chas S Sandersreached Texas about 1866
Sanderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sanders
- Saunders 16
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 Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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