Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Abraham Stephens, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Abraham Stephens registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Born in South Carolina, registered in Shelby County, Texas

South Carolina
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Shelby County

Abraham Stephens

Texas

Name: Abraham Stephens
Place of birth: South Carolina
County of registration: Shelby County
Precinct: 8
Registered: November 25, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Shelby County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 2 years
Signature, as written: "Abraham Stephen"
Remarks, as written: "colored"

Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Stephenses elsewhere in Texas

All 49 freedmen named Stephens 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 25 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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