Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Newton Stewart, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Newton Stewart registered to vote in Davis County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Davis County
Newton Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Newton Stewart
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Davis County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stewart in Davis County
- Henry Stewartborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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 1 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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