Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Sanders, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Sam Sanders registered to vote in Brazos County on June 22, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Sam Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Sanders
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- June 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Brazos County
- James Sandersreached Texas about 1863
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 Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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