Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Stevens, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

John Stevens registered to vote in Hunt County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Hunt County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Hunt County

John Stevens

Texas

Name: John Stevens
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Hunt County
Precinct: 4
Registered: August 31, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Hunt County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "John Stevens"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Stevenses elsewhere in Texas

All 18 freedmen named Stevens in Texas

Variations of Stevens

Stevenson 9

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 22 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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