Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Bell, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Albert Bell registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
1855186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Albert Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Bell
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAlbert Bell reported 11 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Galveston County
Bells 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 4 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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