Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allie Sanders, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Allie Sanders registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Allie Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allie Sanders
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Fayette County
- Bob Sandersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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