Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Bailey, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Prince Bailey registered to vote in Harrison County on September 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Prince Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Bailey
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "J Bailey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bailey in Harrison County
- John Baileyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Baileys 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 84 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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