Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Clark Sanders, Cameron County, Texas, 1869
John Clark Sanders registered to vote in Cameron County on November 25, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Twice registerd" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Clark Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Clark Sanders
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 3 months
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 3 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Twice registerd"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Cameron County
- John Clark Sandersborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1863
Sanderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sanders
- Saunders 16
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 Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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