Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Stewart, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Stewart registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 13 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Joseph Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Stewart
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Austin County
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJoseph Stewart reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Stewart in Austin County
- Adam Stewartborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1862
- Alexander Stewartborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Stewartborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Stewartborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- John Stewartborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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