Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Skillen, Angelina County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Skillen registered to vote in Angelina County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Stephen Skillen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Skillen
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Angelina County
- Precinct
- Homer
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Angelina County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Angelina County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsStephen Skillen reported 4 years more in Texas than in Angelina County.
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 4 of the Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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