Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Howard, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Ben Howard registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Ben Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Howard
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Albert his X mark Justice"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsBen Howard reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Howard in Walker County
- 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
- 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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