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