Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Bell, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Bell registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
Jordan Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Bell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry x Rich"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJordan Bell reported 10 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Shelby County
- Henry Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Isaac Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jo Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Louis Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Simon Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
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 5 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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