Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Taylor, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Taylor registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Nelson Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Taylor
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Gonzales County
- Ges Taylorreached Texas about 1855
- John Taylorreached Texas about 1853
- John Taylorreached Texas about 1851
- Louis Taylorreached Texas about 1853
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 19 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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