Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Baker, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Baker registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- 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 Colorado County
Calvin Baker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Baker
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Baker in Colorado County
- Brister Bakerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Joseph Bakerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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