Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefferson Powel, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Jefferson Powel registered to vote in Henderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Jefferson Powel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefferson Powel
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jefferson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJefferson Powel reported 13 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Powel in Henderson County
- Abram Powelborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
Powels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Powel
- Powell 57
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 7 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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