Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Powers, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Powers registered to vote in Leon County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 13 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Elijah Powers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Powers
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Leon County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elijah x Bowers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsElijah Powers reported 10 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Powers in Leon County
- Aaron Powersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- Abraham Powersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 23 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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