Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jason Steephron, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Jason Steephron registered to vote in Tyler County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 13 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Jason Steephron
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jason Steephron
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Tyler County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Stephenson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJason Steephron reported 6 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.
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 3 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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