Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Steward, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Steward registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nelson Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Steward
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "N Wm Stewart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsNelson Steward reported 3 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Steward in Leon County
- Robert Stewardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Young Stewardborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 11 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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