Household #160: Howell, Robert
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In the 1900 Barney census, Robert Howel headed a 3-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.
Household Snapshot
Robert Howel headed a 3-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 child and 1 extended-family member.
Robert Howel's listed occupation was Farmer.
All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.
Newspaper and Public-Record Trail
This section flags public-record leads separate from the census table. The detailed discussion stays in the family narrative, research status, and source citations below.
1900 Census Household
| Name | Relation | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Howel | Head | 53 | Georgia | Farmer |
| Carley Howel | Daughter | 19 | Georgia | — |
| Thomas Howel | Grandson | 5 | Georgia | — |
Children and Later Trails
This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.
Connections to Other Barney Families
- Robert Howell connects to the wider Black Howell surname cluster in Barney/Brooks County.
- Lizzie Howell Jackson of HH#159 may connect to this cluster, but the exact relationship to Robert Howell remains unproved.
- Julia Howell, who married Thomas Jackson in Brooks County in 1905, remains a separate Howell/Jackson lead and is not yet tied directly to Robert's household.
Research Notes
- Susan Howell's maiden name, death date, and burial place remain unknown.
- Harriet Howell and Elizabeth Howell need secure adult trails after 1870.
- Carley/Curly Howell's probable adult trail needs parent-naming confirmation, ideally a death certificate, obituary, church record, cemetery record, or original marriage image with witnesses/bondsman context.
- Thomas Howel, Robert's grandson in 1900, needs a direct adult trail and parent identification.
- Robert Howell's tax-digest entries support a Brooks County Black Robert Howell over time, but image review is still needed before treating every tax entry as unquestionably the same individual.
- The 1880 agriculture schedule entry for Robert Howell needs image-level review before extracting property or crop details.
Open Research Questions
- Resolve the open items flagged in Research Notes above with direct records before expanding this household narrative.
Research Status
- Status: Source-researched / not source-exhausted.
- Strengths: Direct or indexed census records support Robert in 1870, 1900, and 1910; direct/indexed marriage records support Curly Howell's 1908 marriage to Jerry Jones; the 1910 Tallokas Carly Jones household is a strong candidate continuation; tax-digest entries support a Black Robert Howell in Brooks County across several years.
- Remaining cautions: Susan's identity is incomplete; Harriet and Elizabeth are unresolved after 1870; Carley/Curly's adult trail is probable but not parent-named; Thomas Howel has no secure adult trail; tax and agriculture-schedule evidence still needs image-level review.
Sources
- FamilySearch, United States Census, 1870, Robert Howell household, Brooks County, Georgia, ARK
MCSJ-C6C. - FamilySearch, United States Census, 1900, Robert Howel household, Militia District 1571, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household 160, ARK
M3FP-FL4. - FamilySearch, United States Census, 1910, Robert Howel? household, Morven, Brooks County, Georgia, ARK
MLVP-Z52. - FamilySearch, Georgia County Marriages, 1785-1950, Curly Howell and Jerry Jones, 17 September 1908, Brooks County, Georgia, ARK
Q28M-BY5T. - Ancestry, 1910 United States Federal Census, Carly Jones in Jury Jones household, Tallokas, Brooks County, Georgia, record
146500026. - Ancestry, Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892, Robert Howell / Robert Howell Senior Black/Freedman tax-list entries for Brooks County, 1871, 1872-1877, 1878-1882, and 1890.
- Ancestry, U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Robert Howell agriculture-schedule index entry.
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