Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Powell, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Powell registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Andrew Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Powell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powell in Brazoria County
- Isaac Powellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- Jefferson Powellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 12 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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