Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jefry Baily, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Jefry Baily registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Madison County
Jefry Baily
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jefry Baily
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Madison County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "J J Petty"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Baily in Madison County
- Mack Bailyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Bailys 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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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