Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Steward, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Levi Steward registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Levi Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Steward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steward in Brazoria County
- Alfred Stewardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1863
- Eddison Stewardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
- Lewis G. Stewardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
Stewards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steward
- Stewart 59
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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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