Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Stevenson, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Jesse Stevenson registered to vote in Austin County on November 25, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jesse Stevenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Stevenson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stevenson in Austin County
- Camplon Stevensonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 63 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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