urn:taro:utexas.cah.02615 A Guide to the Bell County Records, 1860 Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Bell County (Tex.) Bell County Records 1860 Materials are written in English. 1 item Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Composed of a bound volume of Photostats of census records, the Bell County Records, 1860, document the inhabitants of Bell County, Texas, during the 1860 census. Scope and Contents

Composed of a bound volume of Photostats of census records, the Bell County Records, 1860, document the inhabitants of Bell County, Texas, during the 1860 census. The records contain demographic information such as age, sex, occupation, place of birth, as well as whether an individual was free or a slave.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Index Terms Subjects Census -- Texas -- History -- 19th century. Census districts -- Texas -- Bell County -- History -- 19th century. Slavery -- Texas -- History -- 19th century. Places Bell County (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century. Bell County (Tex.) -- Archives. Preferred Citation

Bell County Records, 1860, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 4L441 Photostats of census report, 1860