Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Stephenson, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Robert Stephenson registered to vote in Bowie County on August 24, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Robert Stephenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Stephenson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephenson in Bowie County
- Henry Stephensonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
Stephensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephenson
- Stephens 49
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 16 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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