DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Baker, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869

George Baker registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in DeWitt County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

George Baker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Baker
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in DeWitt County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

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 24 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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