Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Young Steward, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Young Steward registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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 Leon County
Young Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Young Steward
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Leon County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Steward"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steward in Leon County
- Nelson Stewardborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Robert Stewardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
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 5 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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