Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brit Stephens, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Brit Stephens registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Brit Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brit Stephens
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephens in Fayette County
- Daniel Stephensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
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 37 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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