Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Powell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Robert Powell registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Robert Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Powell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsRobert Powell reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Powell in Bastrop County
- Henry Powellborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1863
- James Powellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- John Powellborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
- John Powellborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1862
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. Bastrop County's entries fill 50 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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