Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Bell, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
David Bell registered to vote in Brazos County on August 3, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
David Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Bell
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Brazos County
- Edward Bellreached Texas about 1854
- 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 28 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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