Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Steward, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Henry Steward registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Steward
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHenry Steward reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Steward in Bastrop County
- George Stewardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
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 19 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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