Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Taylor, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
William Taylor registered to vote in Galveston County on June 29, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
William Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Taylor
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Galveston County
- Henry Taylorreached Texas about 1857
- Henry Taylorreached Texas about 1860
- Thomas Taylorreached Texas about 1857
- William Taylorreached Texas about 1858
- Zacharia Taylorreached Texas about 1865
Taylors 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 31 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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