Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reese Howard, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Reese Howard registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Reese Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reese Howard
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Brazoria County
- Joshua Howardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
- William Howardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
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 22 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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