Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Stevens, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William Stevens registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
William Stevens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Stevens
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWilliam Stevens reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Stevenses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stevens
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 2 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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