Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Sanders, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Bob Sanders registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Bob Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Sanders
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Fayette County
- Allie Sandersborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1861
- Josh Sandersborn in Mississippi, 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 22 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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