Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Day, Freestone County, Texas, 1867

Stephen Day registered to vote in Freestone County on July 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Freestone County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Freestone County

Stephen Day

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen Day
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Freestone County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 30, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Freestone County highlighted
Freestone County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Day in Freestone County

  • Gilbert Dayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
  • Handy Dayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
  • Judge Dayborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
  • Richard Dayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
  • Robert Dayborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859

Days elsewhere in Texas

All 27 freedmen named Day in Texas

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 12 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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