Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
joe Saunders, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
joe Saunders registered to vote in Fayette County on July 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fayette County
joe Saunders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- joe Saunders
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Saunders in Fayette County
- Jim Saundersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
Saunderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Saunders
- Sanders 59
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 21 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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