Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Sanders, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Edward Sanders registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Edward Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Sanders
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Austin County
- Moses Sandersborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Richard Sandersborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856
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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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