Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Bell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alex Bell registered to vote in Harrison County on June 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Alex Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Bell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAlex Bell reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Harrison County
- Adison Bellborn in Virginia, 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
- 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 5 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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