Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Owen Stewart, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Owen Stewart registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Owen Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Owen Stewart
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Owen Stewart"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsOwen Stewart reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Stewart in Kaufman County
- Tonk Stewartborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Tony Stewartborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Stewarts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stewart
- Steward 35
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 Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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