Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Stephens, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Alford Stephens registered to vote in Bowie County on July 27, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Alford Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Stephens
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 27, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephens in Bowie County
- Jefferson Stephensborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Monroe Stephensborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
Stephenses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephens
- Stephenson 13
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 9 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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