Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Taylor, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Taylor registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 10, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Benjamin Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Taylor
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Brazoria County
- Adam Taylorborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Aubrose Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Brantley Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Elijah Taylorborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- George Taylorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1850
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 33 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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