Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Stewart, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Stewart registered to vote in Austin County on September 4, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Stewart
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- John Stewartborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Joseph Stewartborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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