Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Powell, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Richard Powell registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Richard Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Powell
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 13 years
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsRichard Powell reported 13 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Powell in Matagorda County
Powells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Powell
- Powel 7
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 14 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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