Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Stevenson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Hampton Stevenson registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Hampton Stevenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Stevenson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHampton Stevenson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Stevenson in Austin County
- Jesse Stevensonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- John Stevensonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
- Sammuel Stevensonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1860
Stevensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stevenson
- Stevens 18
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 2 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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