Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Will. Sanders, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Will. Sanders registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 15 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Collin County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Collin County

Will. Sanders

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Will. Sanders
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
2
Registered
Jul. 15 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Collin County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Sanders in Collin County

Sanderses elsewhere in Texas

All 59 freedmen named Sanders in Texas

Variations of Sanders

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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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