Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Bell, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Adam Bell registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 17, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 19 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
1842186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County
Adam Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Bell
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 6 years
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAdam Bell reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Fort Bend County
- Lucien Bellreached Texas about 1859
- Richard Bellreached Texas about 1859
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 24 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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