Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aron Bell, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Aron Bell registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Aron Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aron Bell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron his X mark Bell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Walker County
- 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
- Pleasant 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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