Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Armistead Baylor, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Armistead Baylor registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
26 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Armistead Baylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Armistead Baylor
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Fayette County
26 years
Years in the precinct
26 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Baylor in Fayette County

Baylors elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Baylor 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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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