Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Howard, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Howard registered to vote in Anderson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- 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 Anderson County
Benjamin Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Howard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Anderson County
- Tom Howardborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1860
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 Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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