Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Howard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Mark Howard registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Mark Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Howard
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMark Howard reported 3 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
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
- Ezekiel Howardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Giles 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 6 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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