Limestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Belcher, Limestone County, Texas, 1867

William Belcher registered to vote in Limestone County on July 16, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 10 of them in Limestone County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Limestone County registered 368 freedmen in 1867, 33% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Limestone County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Limestone County

William Belcher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Belcher
County of registration
Limestone County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Limestone County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Limestone County
5 years
Signature, as written
"Simon David"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Limestone County highlighted
Limestone County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

William Belcher reported 5 years more in Texas than in Limestone County.

Other freedmen named Belcher in Limestone County

Belchers elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Belcher 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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