Bailey · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bailey in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 45 freedmen

45 freedmen named Bailey registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Falls County (6), Austin County (5) and Bastrop County (5). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Mississippi and Texas. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1829.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Baileys registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bailey registered, on the 1870 county map
45
Freedmen
23
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1829
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Baileys registered

Texas counties where the Baileys registered
CountyFreedmen%
Falls County613%
Austin County511%
Bastrop County511%
Burleson County37%
Wood County37%
Bexar County24%
Caldwell County24%
Harrison County24%
McLennan County24%
Walker County24%
Anderson County12%
Brazoria County12%
Brazos County12%
Cherokee County12%
Davis County12%
DeWitt County12%
Fort Bend County12%
Freestone County12%
Galveston County12%
Gonzales County12%
Madison County12%
Nueces County12%
Wharton County12%

Where the Baileys were born

Birthplaces the Baileys reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia725%
Mississippi414%
Texas414%
Alabama311%
Tennessee311%
Kentucky27%
Arkansas14%
Georgia14%
Louisiana14%
North Carolina14%
South Carolina14%

When the Baileys reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Baileys
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
0
1840s
9
1850s
17
1860s
13

Every Bailey in the register

The Baileys in the register, 1 to 45 of 45
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Aaron BaileyAnderson CountyVirginia1864
Aaron BaileyBrazos County1829
Aaron BaileyBurleson County1840
Addison BaileyGonzales County1855
Aden BaileyFalls County
Alfred BaileyNueces CountyVirginia1858
Amos BaileyWalker CountyMississippi1852
Anthony BaileyCaldwell CountyVirginia1866
Ben BaileyMadison CountyAlabama1852
Benjamin BaileyBastrop CountyMississippi1851
Benjamin BaileyBastrop CountyTexas1851
Benjamin BaileyBexar CountyVirginia1851
Boston BaileyCaldwell CountyArkansas1866
Charles BaileyWharton County1866
Dennis BaileyBastrop CountyTexas1845
Dock BaileyCherokee CountyTennessee1866
Dudley BaileyFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
Edward BaileyAustin CountyKentucky1857
Fedrich BaileyFalls County
Granville S. BaileyWood CountyVirginia1864
Green S. BaileyWood CountyMississippi1864
Henry BaileyFalls County
Hiram BaileyWalker CountyAlabama1854
Isaac BaileyAustin CountyNorth Carolina1842
Isom BaileyFort Bend County1866
James BaileyMcLennan County1866
Jno. BaileyBurleson County1851
John BaileyGalveston County1865
John BaileyHarrison CountyVirginia1864
Joseph BaileyBastrop CountyTennessee1845
Mike BaileyAustin CountyTexas1842
Miles BaileyAustin CountyKentucky1857
Moses BaileyFalls County
Prince BaileyHarrison CountyMississippi1846
Rob. BaileyBurleson County1852
Square BaileyAustin CountySouth Carolina1842
Thomas BaileyMcLennan County1866
Thornton BaileyFalls County
Toby BaileyBrazoria CountyLouisiana1857
W. I. BaileyDavis CountyAlabama1859
Walter BaileyDeWitt County1853
Westley BaileyFalls County1857
William BaileyBexar CountyVirginia1847
Willis BaileyWood CountyTennessee1851
Wilson BaileyBastrop CountyTexas1846

Bailey genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bailey in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Falls County holds 6 of the 45, Austin County 5. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Baileys in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (7), Mississippi (4) and Texas (4) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Bailey?

Falls County (6), Austin County (5), Bastrop County (5). In all, 45 registered across 23 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Bailey appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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