Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harrison Bell, Hill County, Texas, 1867

Harrison Bell registered to vote in Hill County on August 29, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Hill County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Hill County

Harrison Bell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harrison Bell
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Hill County
Precinct
Peoria
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Hill County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hill County highlighted
Hill County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bell in Hill County

  • Danby Bellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857

Bells elsewhere in Texas

All 101 freedmen named Bell 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 13 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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