Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Howard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Howard registered to vote in Harrison County on July 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Elijah Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Howard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- 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
- Ezekiel Howardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 29 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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