Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reubin Bell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Reubin Bell registered to vote in Walker County on August 23, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
Reubin Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reubin Bell
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reuben X Bell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Walker County
- Aron Bellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Charles Bellborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Edmon Bellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Eliza Bellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Moses Bellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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