Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Bell, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
John Bell registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
John Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Bell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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