Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Stephens, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Harrison Stephens registered to vote in Harrison County on September 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Harrison Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Stephens
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "H. L. Stephens"
- 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
- Harkless Stephensborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 83 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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