Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Howard, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Howard registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Walker County
Henry Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Howard
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "H. H. Howard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Walker County
- Ben Howardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Bony Howardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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
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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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