Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Stewart, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Henry Stewart registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Stewart
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Stewart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Stewart reported 3 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
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 6 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Houston County, Texas
Houston County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Houston CountyThe Stewart name in TexasBorn in KentuckySearch Houston County by name