Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Bell, Chambers County, Texas, 1869

Harry Bell registered to vote in Chambers County on December 2, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in Texas in 1865" beside his name.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Chambers County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
about 1860
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Harry Bell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Bell
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
3
Registered
December 2, 1869
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Chambers County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Chambers County
8 years
Naturalized, how
"Emancipated"
Naturalized, when
"1865"
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Remarks, as written
"Emancipation in Texas in 1865"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Harry Bell reported 8 years more in Texas than in Chambers 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 8 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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