Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Merrill Powell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Merrill Powell registered to vote in Colorado County on August 14, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Merrill Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Merrill Powell
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Powell in Colorado County
- Frank Powellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
- John Powellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Richmond Powellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
Powells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Powell
- Powel 5
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 38 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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