Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Sanders, Harris County, Texas, 1867

George Sanders registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harris County. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Harris County, Texas
7 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County

George Sanders

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Sanders
County of registration
Harris County
Precinct
0
Registered
June 12, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Harris County
1 year
Years in Texas before Harris County
6 years
Naturalized, how
"By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
Naturalized, when
"1867"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"John his x mark Freeman"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harris County highlighted
Harris County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

George Sanders reported 6 years more in Texas than in Harris County.

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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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