Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Sanders, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Tom Sanders registered to vote in Anderson County on July 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Tom Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Sanders
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Anderson County
- Jonas Sandersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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 5 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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