Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Stephens, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Christopher Stephens registered to vote in Freestone County on August 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Christopher Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Stephens
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephens in Freestone County
- Benjamin Stephensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Jesse Stephensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Stephenses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephens
- Stephenson 13
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 22 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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