Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Stewart, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Robert Stewart registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Robert Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Stewart
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stewart in Brazoria County
- Daniel Stewartborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- Ephruim Stewartborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Jefferson Stewartborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Jefferson Stewartborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Sammuel Stewartborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
Stewarts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stewart
- Steward 33
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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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