Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Powell, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Daniel Powell registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Daniel Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Powell
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel X Powell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powell in Walker County
- Elisha Powellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 37 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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