Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Granville S. Bailey, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Granville S. Bailey registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Granville S. Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Granville S. Bailey
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Wood County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Granville J. Bailey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGranville S. Bailey reported 2 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
Other freedmen named Bailey in Wood County
- Green S. Baileyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
- Willis Baileyborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 7 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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