Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
M Howard, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
M Howard registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
M Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- M Howard
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearM Howard reported 1 year more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Howard in Colorado County
- Henry Howardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- John Howardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Moses Howardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Peter Howardborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
- William Howardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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