Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Taylor, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Adam Taylor registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Adam Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Taylor
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Brazoria County
- Aubrose Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Benjamin Taylorborn in Arkansas, 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 17 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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