Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Stevenson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Stevenson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Matagorda County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 20 years
In Texas: 20 years
In the county: about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Matagorda County

Thomas Stevenson

Texas

Name: Thomas Stevenson
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Matagorda County
Precinct: 4
Registered: August 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 20 years
Years in Matagorda County: 20 years
Years in the precinct: 20 years

Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Stevensons elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named Stevenson in Texas

Variations of Stevenson

Stevens 19

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 15 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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