Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gaston Stephenson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Gaston Stephenson registered to vote in Austin County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Gaston Stephenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gaston Stephenson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGaston Stephenson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Stephenson in Austin County
- Frank Stephensonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Jacob Stephensonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
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 22 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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