Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Bailey, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Edward Bailey registered to vote in Austin County on August 12, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Austin County
Edward Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Bailey
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bailey in Austin County
- 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
- Square Baileyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
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 22 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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