Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Baker, Williamson County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Baker registered to vote in Williamson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Joseph Baker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Baker
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "W. H. Well"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bakers 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 22 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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