Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Saunders, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
John Saunders registered to vote in Caldwell County on July 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
John Saunders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Saunders
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Saunders in Caldwell County
- Hensley Saundersborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
Saunderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Saunders
- Sanders 59
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 6 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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