Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Zachariah Taylor, Galveston County, Texas, 1868

Zachariah Taylor registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Galveston County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Zachariah Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Zachariah Taylor
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
January 27, 1868
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Galveston County
3 months
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Zachariah Taylor reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Galveston County

Taylors elsewhere in Texas

All 259 freedmen named Taylor 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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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