Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Steward, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Steward registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 1, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Alfred Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Steward
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steward in Brazoria County
- Eddison Stewardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
- Levi Stewardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- 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 4 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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