Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Powers, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Powers registered to vote in Leon County on August 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% 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
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In Leon County
Abraham Powers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Powers
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Abraham Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powers in Leon County
- Aaron Powersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- Elijah Powersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Jacob Powersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- James Powersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Shedrick Powersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
Powerses elsewhere in Texas
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 3 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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