Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Saunders, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Saunders registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Harrison Saunders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Saunders
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Saunders in Anderson County
- Henry Saundersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Saunderses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Saunders
- Sanders 59
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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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