Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elisha Powell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Elisha Powell registered to vote in Walker County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Elisha Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elisha Powell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "E. Powell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powell in Walker County
- Daniel Powellborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Jerry Powellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Washington Powellborn in North Carolina
- William Powellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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. It sits on page 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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