Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Taylor, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
John Taylor registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 13, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
John Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Taylor
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Gonzales County
- Ges Taylorreached Texas about 1855
- John Taylorreached Texas about 1853
- Louis Taylorreached Texas about 1853
- Nelson Taylorreached Texas about 1856
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 6 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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