Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jordan Baker, Bosque County, Texas, 1869

Jordan Baker registered to vote in Bosque County on Nov. 22 1869. He reported 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
8 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

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Jordan Baker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jordan Baker
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
1
Registered
Nov. 22 1869
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Bosque County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Bosque County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Jordan Baker reported 6 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.

Other freedmen named Baker in Bosque County

Bakers elsewhere in Texas

All 39 freedmen named Baker 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 Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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