Robert Micajah Powell

Full Name: Robert Micajah "Mike" Powell
Date of birth: September 23, 1826
Date of death: January 15, 1916

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 37 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (1) (2)     Danville / Montgomery   Montgomery

(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(2) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 37
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th (1) (2)  
Home City/County: Danville / Montgomery
Counties in district: Montgomery

(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937.
(2) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • POWELL, ROBERT MICAJAH (1826-1916). Birth date 9/23/1826; death date 1/15/1916. Relatives: Robert Micajah Powell - nephew, R.M. "Three-Legged Willie" Williamson - uncle. Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

  • Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert Micajah Powell. Birth date 9/23/1827. Granbury's Texas Brigade.
  • Confederate States Army, Colonel, 5th Texas Infantry. Commander, Texas Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 13-15, prisoner of war letters, mentioned in footnote 6 (Robert "Mike" Powell). Born 1827. Touched by Fire: Letters From Company D 5th Texas Infantry Hood's Brigade Army of Northern Virginia 1862-1865, 2000.

Other Resources

  • R.M. Powell (1826-1916), portraits, burial in Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, St. Louis, Missouri. Find a Grave.
  • Death notice, "Colonel R.M. Powell Dead," The Houston Post, 1/16/1916, p. 3. Powell was "the last surviving commander of Hood's Fifth Texas brigade of the Confederate army." Death date 1/15/1916. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Committee Information top

7th R.S. - 1857
Education  
Judiciary  
Land Office  
Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs  
Penitentiary  
Public Lands  
Slaves and Slavery  

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