Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Sanders, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Richard Sanders registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Austin County
Richard Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Sanders
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Austin County
- Edward Sandersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Moses Sandersborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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