Angelina County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephen Stark, Angelina County, Texas, 1869

Stephen Stark registered to vote in Angelina County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 12 of them in Angelina County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Angelina County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Angelina County

Stephen Stark

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephen Stark
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Angelina County
Precinct
Precinct 2
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Angelina County
12 years
Years in Texas before Angelina County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Angelina County highlighted
Angelina County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Stephen Stark reported 7 years more in Texas than in Angelina County.

Variations of Stark

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 Angelina County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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