McLennan County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Baling Downs, McLennan County, Texas, 1867

Baling Downs registered to vote in McLennan County on July 17, 1867. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. McLennan County registered 1,109 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in McLennan County, Texas

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Baling Downs
County of registration
McLennan County
Registered
July 17, 1867
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with McLennan County highlighted
McLennan County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Downs in McLennan County

Downses elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Downs 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 McLennan County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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