Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Sauders, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Sauders registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 34 years in Texas, 16 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
John Sauders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Sauders
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn Sauders reported 18 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Sauders in Austin County
- Ransom Saudersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
Variations of Sauders
- 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 31 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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