Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Bailey, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William Bailey registered to vote in Bexar County on August 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Bexar County
William Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Bailey
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bailey in Bexar County
- Benjamin Baileyborn in Virginia, 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 33 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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