Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Bailey, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Bailey registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.

Registered in Lavaca County, Texas

14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Lavaca County

Daniel Bailey

Texas

Name: Daniel (David) Bailey
County of registration: Lavaca County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 6, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Lavaca County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 18 months
Naturalized, how: "County Court"
Naturalized, when: "July 6th 1867"
Naturalized, where: "LaGrange, Texas"
Signature, as written: "David Bailey"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

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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 6 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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