Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Bell, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Bell registered to vote in Harrison County on July 9, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Harrison County
David Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Bell
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Harrison County
- Adison Bellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Alex Bellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 22 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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