Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randal Stephens, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Randal Stephens registered to vote in Wood County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wood County
Randal Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randal Stephens
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wood County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Watson E. his X mark Young"
Other freedmen named Stephens in Wood County
- Abraham Stephensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- James Stephensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Jefferson Stephensborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
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 22 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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