Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dick Bell, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Dick Bell registered to vote in Parker County on August 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Parker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Dick Bell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dick Bell
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Parker County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Parker County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Dick Bell reported 13 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 6 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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