Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Powell, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Anthony Powell registered to vote in Fayette County on November 26, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Anthony Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Powell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powell in Fayette County
- Antony Powellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Willis Powellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
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 69 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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