Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rissett Howard, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Rissett Howard registered to vote in Bowie County on July 20, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Rissett Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rissett Howard
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Bowie County
- Charles Howardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- Ross Howardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
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 6 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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