Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brantley Taylor, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Brantley Taylor registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Brantley Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brantley Taylor
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 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
- Benjamin Taylorborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 14 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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