Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Sanders, Collin County, Texas, 1867
James Sanders registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 20 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Collin County
James Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Sanders
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- Jul. 20 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Collin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Collin County
- Will. Sandersborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1857
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 15 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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