Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Belcher, Limestone County, Texas, 1867
Joe Belcher registered to vote in Limestone County on July 15, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Limestone County
Joe Belcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Belcher
- County of registration
- Limestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Limestone County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joel O'Brien"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Belcher in Limestone County
- William Belcherreached Texas about 1852
Belchers 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 Limestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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