Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Pope, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Pope registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Stephen Pope
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Pope
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pope in Austin County
- Burnill Popeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Popes 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 42 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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