Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Elijah Taylor, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Elijah Taylor registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 6, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Brazoria County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Elijah Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Elijah Taylor
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
September 6, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Brazoria County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Taylor in Brazoria County

Taylors elsewhere in Texas

All 259 freedmen named Taylor 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 31 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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