Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Howard, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
James Howard registered to vote in Hunt County on July 13, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
James Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Howard
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "James Leonard " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJames Howard reported 11 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
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 2 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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