Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Shedd Stevenson, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Shedd Stevenson registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Missouri, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Missouri
Birthplace: 15 years
In Texas: 15 years
In the county: about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Shedd Stevenson

Texas

Name: Shedd Stevenson
Place of birth: Missouri
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: November 20, 1869
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Fayette County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Stevensons elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Stevenson in Texas

Variations of Stevenson

Stevens 18

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 63 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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