Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Stephenson, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Henry Stephenson registered to vote in Kaufman County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Kaufman County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Henry Stephenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Stephenson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Stephenson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Stephenson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Stephensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephenson
- Stephens 50
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 27 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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