Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Sanders, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Sanders registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Tarrant County
Samuel Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Sanders
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Tarrant County
- Comodore Sandersborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Robert Sandersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 9 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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