Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jonas Sanders, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Jonas Sanders registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Jonas Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jonas Sanders
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Anderson County
- Tom Sandersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
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 16 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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