Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Powell, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Richmond Powell registered to vote in Colorado County on July 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Richmond Powell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Powell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 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
- Merrill Powellborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 17 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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