Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joshua Howard, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Joshua Howard registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
25 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Joshua Howard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joshua Howard
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
September 7, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Brazoria County
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Howard in Brazoria County

Howards elsewhere in Texas

All 52 freedmen named Howard 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 32 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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