79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
Mentioned in
Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
Biographical sketch and descendants, pp. 93-94, born 1857.
Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: A History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement 1935.
"Notice to the Camps and Circles of the Colored National Woodmen of Texas and Oklahoma," The Dallas Express, 12/2/1922, p. 6. "This is to inform you of the death of our beloved Sovereign Commander J.H. Steward, which occurred Friday morning, November 24 . . ."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," pp. 109-110. Born 1857 in Louisiana.
The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900 1971.
Biographical sketch, p. 64. Born September 1857 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.