Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Bell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Bill Bell registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 25, 1869. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Bill Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Bell
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsBill Bell reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Bastrop County
- George Bellborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1860
- James Bellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Joy Bellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Major Bellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Martin Bellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 49 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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