Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Bell, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Bell registered to vote in Grayson County on July 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Joseph Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Bell
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Grayson County
- Isaac Bellborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1860
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 Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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