Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dave Powell, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Dave Powell registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 5, 1867. He reported 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Dave Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dave Powell
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsDave Powell reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Powell in Gonzales County
- Cone Powellreached Texas about 1849
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 28 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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