Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Powel, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Abram Powel registered to vote in Henderson County on August 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Abram Powel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Powel
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Abram Powell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAbram Powel reported 1 year more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Powel in Henderson County
- Jefferson Powelborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 19 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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