Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isam Stewart, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Isam Stewart registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Isam Stewart
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isam Stewart
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stewart in Colorado County
- Lewis Stewartborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
- Orange Stewartborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
- William Stewartborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
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 16 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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