Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Sanders, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
James Sanders registered to vote in Brazos County on July 1, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
James Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Sanders
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Brazos County
- Sam Sandersreached Texas about 1861
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 16 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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