Kendall County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

G.W. Saunders, Kendall County, Texas, 1867

G.W. Saunders registered to vote in Kendall County on August 14, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 5 of them in Kendall County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Kendall County registered 31 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Kendall County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kendall County

G.W. Saunders

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
G.W. Saunders
County of registration
Kendall County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Kendall County
5 years
Years in Texas before Kendall County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kendall County highlighted
Kendall County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

G.W. Saunders reported 10 years more in Texas than in Kendall County.

Variations of Saunders

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 4 of the Kendall County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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