Bee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Kennedy, Bee County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Kennedy registered to vote in Bee County on July 18, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bee County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bee County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 8% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Stephen Kennedy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Kennedy
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bee County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bee County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Bee County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsStephen Kennedy reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bee County.
Kennedys elsewhere in Texas
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 1 of the Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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