Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Powers, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Aaron Powers registered to vote in Leon County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Leon County
Aaron Powers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Powers
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron Owens"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powers in Leon County
- Abraham Powersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 37 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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