Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Powell Fields, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Powell Fields registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 6 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Powell Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Powell Fields
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "P. Fields"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsPowell Fields reported 15 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Fields in Harrison County
- Austin Fieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Daniel Fieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Granderson Fieldsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Henry Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Jack Fieldsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 71 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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