Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Howard, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Moses Howard registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Moses Howard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Howard
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsMoses Howard reported 19 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
- 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. It sits on page 41 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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