Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Sanders, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ben Sanders registered to vote in Harrison County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Ben Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Sanders
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "B. Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Harrison County
- Augustus Sandersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- French Sandersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Joseph Sandersborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
- Joseph Sandersborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Parchal Sandersborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 55 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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