Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Silas Bell, Dallas County, Texas, 1867

Silas Bell registered to vote in Dallas County on August 14, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Dallas County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Dallas County

Silas Bell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Silas Bell
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Dallas County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Dallas County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Dallas County highlighted
Dallas County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bell in Dallas County

  • Urm. Bellborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854

Bells elsewhere in Texas

All 101 freedmen named Bell 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 12 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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