Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Taylor Stevenson, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Taylor Stevenson registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Taylor Stevenson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Taylor Stevenson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsTaylor Stevenson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Stevensons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stevenson
- Stevens 18
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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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