Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Augustus Steward, Grayson County, Texas, 1867

Augustus Steward registered to vote in Grayson County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Grayson County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Grayson County

Augustus Steward

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Augustus Steward
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Grayson County
Precinct
11
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Grayson County
12 years
Years in the precinct
12 years
Years in Texas before Grayson County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Grayson County highlighted
Grayson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Augustus Steward reported 3 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.

Variations of Steward

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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