Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Webb, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1868
Stephen Webb registered to vote in Van Zandt County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 4 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Stephen Webb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Webb
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsStephen Webb reported 7 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
Other freedmen named Webb in Van Zandt County
- Henry Webbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Stephen Webbborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
Webbs 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 18 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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