Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Bell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Martin Bell registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 23, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Martin Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Bell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsMartin Bell reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Bastrop County
- Bill Bellborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1857
- 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
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 25 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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