Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lowdless Howard, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Lowdless Howard registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Lowdless Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lowdless Howard
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Signature, as written
- "Loveless his X mark 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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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