Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Stephney, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Willis Stephney registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 23, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Willis Stephney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Stephney
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 7 years
Other freedmen named Stephney in Fort Bend County
- Britton Stephneyreached Texas about 1852
Stephneys elsewhere in Texas
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 29 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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