Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Steward, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Adam Steward registered to vote in Lamar County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Adam Steward
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Steward
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Gray"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Stewards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steward
- Stewart 69
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 19 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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