Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Bell, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Tom Bell registered to vote in Austin County on November 18, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 50 years in Texas, 50 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 50 years
- In Texas
- 50 years
- In the county
- about 1819
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1819 to 1870
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In Austin County
Tom Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Bell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 50 years
- Years in Austin County
- 50 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Austin County
- Edward Bellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- 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
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 55 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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