Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

S Powell, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

S Powell registered to vote in Johnson County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Born in North Carolina, registered in Johnson County, Texas

North Carolina
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Johnson County

S Powell

Texas

Name: S Powell
Place of birth: North Carolina
County of registration: Johnson County
Precinct: Grandview
Registered: August 5, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Johnson County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Powell in Johnson County

Thacker Powellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857

Powells elsewhere in Texas

All 50 freedmen named Powell 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. Johnson County's entries fill 20 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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