Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Bell, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Edward Bell registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Edward Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Bell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Austin County
- George Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Isaac Bellborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jacob Bellborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1847
- James Bellborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- John Bellborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 47 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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