Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sammuel Stevenson, Austin County, Texas, 1868

Sammuel Stevenson registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Born in Kentucky, registered in Austin County, Texas

Kentucky
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Austin County

Sammuel Stevenson

Texas

Name: Sammuel Stevenson
Place of birth: Kentucky
County of registration: Austin County
Registered: January 30, 1868
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Austin County: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Stevenson in Austin County

Camplon Stevensonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Jesse Stevensonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
John Stevensonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859

Stevensons elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Stevenson 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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