Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Baker, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
John Baker registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
John Baker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Baker
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "A Hicks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Baker in Harrison County
- George Bakerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
Bakers 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 74 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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