Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Steward, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Austin Steward registered to vote in Grayson County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 10 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Austin Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Steward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAustin Steward reported 10 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Steward in Grayson County
- Augustus Stewardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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 7 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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