Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Powell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Willis Powell registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Willis Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Powell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWillis Powell reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Powell in Fayette County
- Anthony Powellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- Antony Powellborn in Tennessee, reached 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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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