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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Colorado County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Colorado County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Moses Howard reported 19 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.

Other freedmen named Howard in Colorado County

Howards elsewhere in Texas

All 52 freedmen named Howard 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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