Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Ross, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Ross registered to vote in Walker County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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 Walker County
Stephen Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Ross
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen his X mark Ross"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ross in Walker County
- George Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1841
- Hawkins Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Henry Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Levi Rossborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Major Rossborn in Mississippi
Rosses 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 11 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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