Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Baily, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Henry Baily registered to vote in Lamar County on July 6, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Henry Baily
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Baily
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 6, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Adam Jones"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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