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Stewart in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 59 freedmen

59 freedmen named Stewart registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Austin County (8), Gonzales County (8) and Brazoria County (7). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1827.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Stewarts registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Stewart registered, on the 1870 county map
59
Freedmen
27
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1827
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Stewarts registered

Texas counties where the Stewarts registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County814%
Gonzales County814%
Brazoria County712%
Colorado County47%
Fort Bend County47%
Anderson County23%
Brazos County23%
Davis County23%
DeWitt County23%
Guadalupe County23%
Harrison County23%
Bexar County12%
Caldwell County12%
Dallas County12%
Fannin County12%
Fayette County12%
Freestone County12%
Galveston County12%
Goliad County12%
Grayson County12%
Hays County12%
Hood County12%
Houston County12%
Hunt County12%
Jackson County12%
McLennan County12%
Nueces County12%

Where the Stewarts were born

Birthplaces the Stewarts reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia718%
North Carolina615%
Kentucky513%
Alabama410%
Mississippi410%
Tennessee410%
Texas410%
Georgia25%
South Carolina25%
Louisiana13%
Maryland13%

When the Stewarts reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Stewarts
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
1
1840s
12
1850s
25
1860s
19

Variations of Stewart

Every Stewart in the register

The Stewarts in the register, 1 to 50 of 59
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Adam StewartAustin CountyTexas1862
Albert StewartGonzales County1852
Alexander StewartAustin CountyVirginia1849
Alexander StewartGonzales County1854
Charles StewartMcLennan County1867
Daniel StewartBrazoria CountyTennessee1862
Daniel StewartHarrison CountyMississippi1863
Ephruim StewartBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1849
Felix StewartJackson County1859
Geo. StewartDallas CountyKentucky1854
George StewartDeWitt County1852
George StewartGonzales County1850
Glascoe StewartCaldwell CountyNorth Carolina1866
Harry StewartGoliad County1858
Henry StewartAustin CountyKentucky1855
Henry StewartAustin CountyNorth Carolina1859
Henry StewartDavis CountyAlabama1859
Henry StewartHouston CountyKentucky1863
Isaac StewartHarrison CountyVirginia1853
Isam StewartColorado CountyTennessee1854
Jacob StewartFort Bend County1827
James StewartBrazos County1866
James StewartDeWitt CountyMaryland1859
Jammies StewartBrazos County1848
Jefferson StewartBrazoria CountySouth Carolina1846
Jefferson StewartBrazoria CountyTexas1846
Jim StewartFort Bend County1859
John StewartAustin CountyNorth Carolina1847
John StewartHays CountyVirginia1866
Joseph StewartAustin CountyVirginia1849
Joseph StewartFort Bend County1863
Lemuel StewartHunt CountyGeorgia1852
Lew StewartGuadalupe CountyNorth Carolina
Lewis StewartColorado CountyTennessee1855
Lewis StewartGonzales County1852
Lewis StewartGrayson CountyAlabama1851
Mack StewartFreestone CountyAlabama1867
Monroe StewartGonzales County1852
Ned StewartAnderson CountyVirginia1864
Newton StewartDavis CountyMississippi1857
Noah StewartGonzales County1847
Noah StewartGuadalupe CountyTexas1866
Orange StewartColorado CountyMississippi1860
Peter StewartFort Bend County1852
Robert StewartBrazoria CountyKentucky1844
Sam StewartFayette CountySouth Carolina1850
Sammuel StewartBrazoria CountyLouisiana1863
Samuel StewartAnderson CountyVirginia1857
Sawrence StewartBexar CountyMississippi1864
Simon StewartAustin CountyTexas1842

Stewart genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Stewart in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 8 of the 59, Gonzales County 8. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so look under Steward as well.

Where did the Stewarts in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (7), North Carolina (6) and Kentucky (5) as their birthplaces most often, and 4 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Stewart?

Austin County (8), Gonzales County (8), Brazoria County (7). In all, 59 registered across 27 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Stewart appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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