Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
G.M. Bell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
G.M. Bell registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 7 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
G.M. Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- G.M. Bell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. W. Reed"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsG.M. Bell reported 14 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
- Isaac Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Joseph Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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