Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Powers, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
William Powers registered to vote in Victoria County on June 29, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
William Powers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Powers
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "By emigrating to the State in his childhood"
- Signature, as written
- "Louis Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powers in Victoria County
- Henry Powersreached Texas about 1866
Powerses elsewhere in Texas
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 8 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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