Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Square Bailey, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Square Bailey registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Square Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Square Bailey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSquare Bailey reported 16 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bailey in Austin County
- Edward Baileyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
- Isaac Baileyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Mike Baileyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Miles Baileyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1857
Baileys 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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