Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stepney Crawford, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Stepney Crawford registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Stepney Crawford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stepney Crawford
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crawford in Brazoria County
- Clark Crawfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- John Crawfordborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Lewis Crawfordborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
Crawfords elsewhere 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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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