Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Sanders, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Sanders registered to vote in Colorado County on July 18, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Jackson Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Sanders
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsJackson Sanders reported 22 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Sanders in Colorado County
- Gustave Sandersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 14 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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