Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Sanders, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Sanders registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Wesley Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Sanders
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Sanders"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Harrison County
- Augustus Sandersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Ben Sandersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- French Sandersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Joseph Sandersborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
- Joseph Sandersborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
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 36 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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