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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Sanders in Fayette County

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All 59 freedmen named Sanders in Texas

Variations of Sanders

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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