Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harkless Stephens, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Harkless Stephens registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harkless Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harkless Stephens
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephens in Harrison County
- Allen Stephensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- Geo Stephensborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- George A. Stephensborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Harrison Stephensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Stephensborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 9 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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