Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Baker, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Milton Baker registered to vote in Galveston County on June 10, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored, canceled Jan 31, 1868" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Milton Baker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Baker
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored, canceled Jan 31, 1868"
Other freedmen named Baker in Galveston County
- Alexander Bakerreached Texas about 1858
- Isac Bakerreached Texas about 1855
- Thomas Bakerreached Texas about 1866
Bakers 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 11 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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