Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Howard, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Tom Howard registered to vote in Anderson County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Tom Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Howard
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Howard in Anderson County
- Benjamin Howardborn in Alabama, 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 45 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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