Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Stewart, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Stewart registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Nelson Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Stewart
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
Other freedmen named Stewart in Matagorda County
- James Stewartborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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