Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bony Howard, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Bony Howard registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Bony Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bony Howard
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. his x mark Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Walker County
- Ben Howardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Boyd Howardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1850
- Cisero Howardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- George W. Howardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Howardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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