Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Sanders, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Sanders registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Joseph Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Sanders
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. 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
- 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 52 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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