Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Bell, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Peter Bell registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Peter Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Bell
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Brazoria County
- Peter Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1829
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 9 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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