Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Sanders, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Sanders registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Joseph Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Sanders
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsJoseph Sanders reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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 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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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