Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
York Bell, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
York Bell registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
York Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- York Bell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Guadalupe County
- Dudley Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Sandy Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- T. Green Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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