Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Stephens, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Stephens registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Daniel Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Stephens
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsDaniel Stephens reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Stephens in Fayette County
- Brit Stephensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
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 24 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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