Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ezekiel Howard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ezekiel Howard registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Ezekiel Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ezekiel Howard
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Harrison County
- Albert Howardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Edmund Howardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1865
- Elijah Howardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Giles Howardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Henry Howardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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