Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Kamper, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Kamper registered to vote in Karnes County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Karnes County
Stephen Kamper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Kamper
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 3 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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