Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Baylor, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Henry Baylor registered to vote in Fayette County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Baylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Baylor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Baylor in Fayette County
- Armistead Baylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1841
- Walker Baylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Baylors 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 9 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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