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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Bell in Dallas County
- Urm. Bellborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
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 12 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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