Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Stephens, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Stephens registered to vote in Leon County on August 7, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joseph Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Stephens
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 7, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Stephens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoseph Stephens reported 1 year more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Stephens in Leon County
- Jesse Stephensborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 3 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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