Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josh Sanders, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Josh Sanders registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Josh Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josh Sanders
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Fayette County
- Allie Sandersborn in Africa, reached Texas about 1861
- Bob Sandersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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 28 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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