Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robb Sanders, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Robb Sanders registered to vote in Dallas County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In Dallas County
Robb Sanders
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robb Sanders
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sanders in Dallas County
- Wm. Sandersborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1863
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. Dallas County's entries fill 44 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Dallas County, Texas
Dallas County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Dallas CountyThe Sanders name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Dallas County by name