Trinity County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Powhattan Talleaferro, Trinity County, Texas, 1867
Powhattan Talleaferro registered to vote in Trinity County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 10 of them in Trinity County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Trinity County registered 204 freedmen in 1867, 26% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Powhattan Talleaferro
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Powhattan Talleaferro
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Trinity County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Trinity County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Trinity County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson Hathorn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsPowhattan Talleaferro reported 6 years more in Texas than in Trinity County.
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 1 of the Trinity County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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