Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Stevenson, Jackson County, Texas, 1867

George Stevenson registered to vote in Jackson County on July 1, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Jackson County, Texas
27 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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In Jackson County

George Stevenson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Stevenson
County of registration
Jackson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 1, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Jackson County
27 years
Years in the precinct
27 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Jackson County highlighted
Jackson County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Stevenson

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. Jackson County's entries fill 12 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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