Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burton Sanders, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Burton Sanders registered to vote in Victoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 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 Victoria County
Burton Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burton Sanders
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Victoria County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Stewart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sanderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sanders
- Saunders 17
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 18 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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