Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eddison Steward, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Eddison Steward registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Eddison Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eddison Steward
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steward in Brazoria County
- Alfred Stewardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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