Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Stewart, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
William Stewart registered to vote in Colorado County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Stewart
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsWilliam Stewart reported 5 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Stewart in Colorado County
- Isam Stewartborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Lewis Stewartborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Orange Stewartborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
Stewarts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Stewart
- Steward 33
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 49 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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