Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Stephens, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Stephens registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jefferson Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Stephens
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Wood County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jefferson his X mark Stephens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJefferson Stephens reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Stephens in Wood County
- Abraham Stephensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- James Stephensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Randal Stephensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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