Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas J Powell, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Thomas J Powell registered to vote in Galveston County on June 24, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Thomas J Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas J Powell
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsThomas J Powell reported 19 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Powell in Galveston County
- Henry Powellreached Texas about 1844
Powells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Powell
- Powel 5
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 23 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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