Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Stephenson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Henry Stephenson registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Leon County
Henry Stephenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Stephenson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Leon County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Stephenson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stephenson in Leon County
- Samuel Stephensonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Stephensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephenson
- Stephens 49
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 6 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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