Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Starlin Bell, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Starlin Bell registered to vote in Davis County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Starlin Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Starlin Bell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Davis County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Davis County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsStarlin Bell reported 12 years more in Texas than in Davis County.
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 12 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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