Maverick County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Bell, Maverick County, Texas, 1867
John Bell registered to vote in Maverick County on August 5, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Maverick County registered 12 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Maverick County
John Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Bell
- County of registration
- Maverick County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Maverick County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Bell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Maverick County
- Hadden Bellreached Texas about 1839
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 1 of the Maverick County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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