Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Bayliss, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Monroe Bayliss registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Monroe Bayliss
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Bayliss
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Bayliss"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bayliss in Harrison County
- Harry Baylissborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 67 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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