Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Stuart, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Henry Stuart registered to vote in Newton County on September 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Henry Stuart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Stuart
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Newton County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Newton County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry his x Stewart"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry Stuart reported 6 years more in Texas than in Newton County.
Stuarts elsewhere in Texas
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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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