Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Sanders, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Sanders registered to vote in Tyler County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Franklin Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Sanders
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Franklin Sanders"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsFranklin Sanders reported 13 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Sanders in Tyler County
- Ben Sandersborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1855
- Thomas Sandersborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1854
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 4 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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