Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Bell, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Edward Bell registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Edward Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Bell
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsEdward Bell reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Brazos County
- David Bellreached Texas about 1861
- Julius Bellreached Texas about 1848
- Mumford Bellreached Texas about 1857
- Peter Bellreached Texas about 1850
- Thomas Bellreached Texas about 1865
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 11 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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