Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gad Stephens, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Gad Stephens registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Gad Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gad Stephens
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Gad Stephens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGad Stephens reported 2 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Stephens in Hopkins County
- Thomas Stephensborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
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 34 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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