Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Bell, Wood County, Texas, 1867
James Bell registered to vote in Wood County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Wood County
James Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Bell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Wood County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Bell"
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 6 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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