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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Harrison County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Joseph Sanders reported 17 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Sanders in Harrison County

Sanderses elsewhere in Texas

All 59 freedmen named Sanders in Texas

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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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