Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Steem, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Steem registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 31, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Isaac Steem
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Steem
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsIsaac Steem reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Steem in Gonzales County
- Isaac Steemreached Texas about 1847
- Jack Steemreached Texas about 1844
- Joe Steemreached Texas about 1844
- Ned Steemreached Texas about 1853
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 25 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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