Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Powell, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Jerry Powell registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 16 years
In Texas: 16 years
In the county: about 1851
Reached Texas

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Jerry Powell

Texas

Name: Jerry Powell
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Walker County
Precinct: 4
Registered: August 3, 1867
Years in Texas: 16 years
Years in Walker County: 16 years
Years in the precinct: 16 years
Naturalized, how: "HOW"
Naturalized, when: "WHEN"
Naturalized, where: "WHERE"
Signature, as written: "Jerry X Crowell"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Powell in Walker County

Daniel Powellborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
Elisha Powellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Washington Powellborn in North Carolina
William Powellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854

Powells elsewhere in Texas

All 50 freedmen named Powell 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. It sits on page 6 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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