Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lemuel Stewart, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Lemuel Stewart registered to vote in Hunt County on August 30, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 9 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Hunt County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Hunt County

Lemuel Stewart

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lemuel Stewart
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Hunt County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Hunt County
9 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Hunt County
6 years
Signature, as written
"Lemuel L. Stewart"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hunt County highlighted
Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Lemuel Stewart reported 6 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.

Variations of Stewart

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 21 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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