Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thacker Powell, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Thacker Powell registered to vote in Johnson County on July 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Thacker Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thacker Powell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Alvarado
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powell in Johnson County
- S Powellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
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 6 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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