Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Bell, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Bell registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 20, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Alfred Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Bell
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsAlfred Bell reported 7 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Gonzales County
- Robert Bellreached Texas about 1861
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 15 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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