Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Steward, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Steward registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jacob Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Steward
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steward in Fayette County
- Dennis Stewardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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