Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Bell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Bell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Joseph Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Bell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Bleb"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJoseph Bell reported 7 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Harrison County
- Adison Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Alex Bellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- David Bellborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- G.M. Bellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Isaac Bellborn in Virginia, 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 50 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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