Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Howard, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Peter Howard registered to vote in Colorado County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Howard
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsPeter Howard reported 3 years 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
- M Howardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
- Moses Howardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- 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. It sits on page 28 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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