Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Bailey, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Amos Bailey registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
Amos Bailey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Bailey
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. X Riley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bailey in Walker County
- Hiram Baileyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 26 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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