Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Bailey, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Willis Bailey registered to vote in Wood County on July 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Wood County
Willis Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Bailey
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Wood County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Willis his X mark Bailey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Bailey in Wood County
- Granville S. Baileyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Green S. Baileyborn in Mississippi, 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 5 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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