Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Stevens, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Stevens registered to vote in Colorado County on July 11, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 6 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
John Stevens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Stevens
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Stevens reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Stevens in Colorado County
- William Stevensborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
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 Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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