Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Bell, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Moses Bell registered to vote in Madison County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Moses Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Bell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Madison County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Bell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsMoses Bell reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
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 12 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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