Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Bell, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Isaac Bell registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Isaac Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Bell
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsIsaac Bell reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Austin County
- Edward Bellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- George Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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