Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Howard, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
George Howard registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
- 35 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
George Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Howard
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
35 yearsGeorge Howard reported 35 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Howard in Bastrop County
- Liberty Howardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
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 10 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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