Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Stephenson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Charles Stephenson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 12, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Charles Stephenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Stephenson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 10 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsCharles Stephenson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Stephensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephenson
- Stephens 49
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 15 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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