Baker · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Baker in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 39 freedmen

39 freedmen named Baker registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Galveston County (4), Colorado County (3) and Freestone County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1840.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bakers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Baker registered, on the 1870 county map
39
Freedmen
21
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1840
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Bakers registered

Where the Bakers were born

Birthplaces the Bakers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia726%
Georgia622%
Alabama415%
Tennessee415%
Kentucky311%
Mississippi14%
Missouri14%
North Carolina14%

When the Bakers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bakers
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
7
1850s
16
1860s
14

Every Baker in the register

The Bakers in the register, 1 to 39 of 39
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alexander BakerGalveston County1858
Alexander BakerWalker CountyVirginia1862
Anderson BakerBrazos County1862
Austin BakerMcLennan County1866
Bristen BakerFayette CountyKentucky1852
Brister BakerColorado CountyKentucky1852
Calvin BakerBrazoria CountyVirginia1847
Calvin BakerColorado CountyGeorgia1852
Charles BakerFreestone CountyAlabama1850
Coon BakerHopkins CountyGeorgia1861
Daniel BakerHopkins CountyKentucky1862
David BakerBurleson County1849
George BakerDeWitt CountyMississippi1847
George BakerFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
George BakerHarrison CountyAlabama1865
Gran BakerBowie CountyTennessee1849
Harrison BakerAnderson CountyGeorgia1851
Isac BakerGalveston County1855
James BakerBosque County1861
Jefferson BakerCollin CountyTennessee1857
Jefferson BakerLeon CountyVirginia1857
John BakerHarrison CountyMissouri1866
Jordan BakerBosque County1861
Jorden BakerFalls County
Joseph BakerColorado CountyTennessee1855
Lewis BakerAustin CountyVirginia1856
Miles BakerDeWitt County1854
Milton BakerGalveston County1851
Moses BakerAustin CountyVirginia1848
Nelson BakerJefferson County1859
Payne BakerBowie CountyAlabama1849
Peter BakerFreestone CountyGeorgia1867
Shepherd BakerHopkins CountyTennessee1864
Silas BakerWalker CountyAlabama1840
Simon BakerGrayson CountyVirginia1860
Thomas BakerBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1859
Thomas BakerGalveston County1866
William BakerAnderson CountyVirginia1851
Wonder BakerLeon CountyGeorgia

Baker genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Baker in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Galveston County holds 4 of the 39, Colorado County 3. 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 Bakers in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (7), Georgia (6) and Alabama (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 Baker?

Galveston County (4), Colorado County (3), Freestone County (3). In all, 39 registered across 21 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 Baker appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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