Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Langston, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Langston registered to vote in Newton County on September 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Newton County
Stephen Langston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Langston
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen his x Langston"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Langston in Newton County
- Samuel Langstonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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