Bell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Brown, Bell County, Texas, 1869

Robert Brown registered to vote in Bell County on November 26, 1869. He reported 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Bell County. Bell County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 2% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bell County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bell County

Robert Brown

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Brown
County of registration
Bell County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Bell County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bell County
9 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bell County highlighted
Bell County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Robert Brown reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bell County.

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 28 of the Bell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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