Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Sanders, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Louis Sanders registered to vote in Leon County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Leon County
Louis Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Sanders
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Leon County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Sanders"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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