Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Stewart, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Stewart registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 4, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Stewart
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 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
- Robert Stewartborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1844
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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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