Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Bell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Bell registered to vote in Austin County on July 25, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Bell
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Austin County
- 20 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
- 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 8 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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