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Howard in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 52 freedmen

52 freedmen named Howard registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Walker County (8), Harrison County (7) and Colorado County (6). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1831.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Howards registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Howard registered, on the 1870 county map
52
Freedmen
21
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1831
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Howards registered

Texas counties where the Howards registered
CountyFreedmen%
Walker County815%
Harrison County713%
Colorado County612%
Bowie County36%
Brazoria County36%
Fort Bend County36%
Anderson County24%
Bastrop County24%
Davis County24%
DeWitt County24%
Fayette County24%
Galveston County24%
Jackson County24%
Atascosa County12%
Austin County12%
Caldwell County12%
Cherokee County12%
Dallas County12%
Falls County12%
Hopkins County12%
Hunt County12%

Where the Howards were born

Birthplaces the Howards reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia819%
Alabama614%
Louisiana512%
Virginia512%
Mississippi49%
North Carolina49%
Kentucky37%
Tennessee37%
Texas37%
Maryland25%

When the Howards reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Howards
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
2
1840s
14
1850s
12
1860s
23

Every Howard in the register

The Howards in the register, 1 to 50 of 52
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abram HowardDeWitt County1847
Albert HowardHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1858
Amos HowardFort Bend County1866
Ben HowardWalker CountyLouisiana1864
Benjamin HowardAnderson CountyAlabama1851
Benjamin HowardCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Bony HowardWalker CountyMississippi1863
Boyd HowardWalker CountyLouisiana1850
Charles HowardBowie CountyLouisiana1861
Cisero HowardWalker CountyTexas1846
Daniel HowardDallas CountyKentucky1855
Edmund HowardHarrison CountyMississippi1865
Elijah HowardHarrison CountyAlabama1852
Elisha HowardDavis CountyGeorgia1859
Ezekiel HowardHarrison CountyNorth Carolina1847
George HowardBastrop CountyNorth Carolina1831
George HowardCherokee CountyMississippi
George W. HowardWalker CountyLouisiana1849
Giles HowardHarrison CountyAlabama1848
Harol HowardJackson County1842
Henry HowardColorado CountyGeorgia1863
Henry HowardHarrison CountyAlabama1848
Henry HowardHopkins CountyAlabama1861
Henry HowardWalker CountyLouisiana1851
James HowardHunt CountyMaryland1849
James HowardJackson County1842
Jerry HowardGalveston County1852
John HowardAtascosa CountyGeorgia1851
John HowardColorado CountyAlabama1863
Joshua HowardBrazoria CountyVirginia1842
Liberty HowardBastrop CountyVirginia1849
Lowdless HowardWalker CountyNorth Carolina1838
M HowardColorado CountyGeorgia1866
Mark HowardHarrison CountyMaryland1863
Montgomory HowardFayette CountyGeorgia1855
Moses HowardColorado CountyVirginia1841
Ned HowardFayette CountyTennessee1865
Peter HowardColorado CountyKentucky1863
Peter HowardDeWitt County1844
Peter HowardFort Bend CountyGeorgia1861
Reese HowardBrazoria CountyKentucky1862
Richard HowardDavis CountyVirginia1858
Rissett HowardBowie CountyGeorgia1861
Ross HowardBowie CountyGeorgia1861
Sammuel HowardAustin CountyTexas1865
Samuel HowardGalveston County1865
Samuel HowardWalker CountyTexas
Scott HowardFort Bend County1843
Tom HowardAnderson CountyMississippi1860
William HowardBrazoria CountyTennessee1852

Howard genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Howard in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Walker County holds 8 of the 52, Harrison County 7. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Howards in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (8), Alabama (6) and Louisiana (5) as their birthplaces most often, and 3 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Howard?

Walker County (8), Harrison County (7), Colorado County (6). In all, 52 registered across 21 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Howard appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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