Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Stevenson, Austin County, Texas, 1868
John Stevenson registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 5 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Stevenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Stevenson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJohn Stevenson reported 4 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Stevenson in Austin County
- Camplon Stevensonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Jesse Stevensonborn in North Carolina, 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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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