Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Stephenson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Stephenson registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Stephenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Stephenson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephenson in Austin County
- Frank Stephensonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Gaston Stephensonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Stephensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephenson
- Stephens 49
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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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