Bidy · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Bidy in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 2 freedmen

2 freedmen named Bidy registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Madison County (1) and McLennan County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Alabama. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1844.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Bidys registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Bidy registered, on the 1870 county map
2
Freedmen
2
Counties
Alabama
Largest birthplace
1844
Earliest arrival
1840s
Fullest decade

Where the Bidys registered

Texas counties where the Bidys registered
CountyFreedmen%
Madison County150%
McLennan County150%

Where the Bidys were born

Birthplaces the Bidys reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Alabama1100%

When the Bidys reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Bidys
DecadeFreedmen
1840s
1
1850s
0
1860s
1

Every Bidy in the register

The Bidys in the register, 1 to 2 of 2
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Jefferson BidyMadison CountyAlabama1844
Joesph BidyMcLennan County1866

Bidy genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Bidy in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Madison County holds 1 of the 2, McLennan County 1. 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 Bidys in Texas come from?

They reported Alabama (1) 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 Bidy?

Madison County (1), McLennan County (1). In all, 2 registered across 2 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 Bidy appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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