Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Sanders, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Sanders registered to vote in Tyler County on August 5, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Sanders
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Sanders"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThomas Sanders reported 12 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Sanders in Tyler County
- Ben Sandersborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1855
- Franklin Sandersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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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