Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green S. Bailey, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Green S. Bailey registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. The registrar wrote "Colored voter. Dead" beside his name. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Wood County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Green S. Bailey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green S. Bailey
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Wood County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Green J. Bailey"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter. Dead"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Green S. Bailey reported 1 year more in Texas than in Wood County.

Other freedmen named Bailey in Wood County

Baileys elsewhere in Texas

All 45 freedmen named Bailey 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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