Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Bell, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Louis Bell registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Louis Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Bell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis his X mark Rice"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Jordan Bellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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