Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mack Baily, Madison County, Texas, 1869
Mack Baily registered to vote in Madison County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 18 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Mack Baily
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mack Baily
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Madison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bryan Guinn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsMack Baily reported 3 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Baily in Madison County
- Jefry Bailyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
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 14 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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