Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Bell, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Bell registered to vote in Shelby County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 7 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Henry Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Bell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Reed"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry Bell reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Bell in Shelby County
- Isaac Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jo Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Jordan Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 9 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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