Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Sanders, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Ben Sanders registered to vote in Tyler County on August 31, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 12 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Ben Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Sanders
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. J. Rawls"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsBen Sanders reported 11 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
Other freedmen named Sanders in Tyler County
- Franklin Sandersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 10 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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