Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Howard, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867
John Howard registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
John Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Howard
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJohn Howard reported 15 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Howards elsewhere in Texas
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 5 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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