Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chas Stephens, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Chas Stephens registered to vote in Colorado County on November 20, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Chas Stephens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chas Stephens
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Stephenses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stephens
- Stephenson 13
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 54 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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