Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Taylor, Austin County, Texas, 1867
David Taylor registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
David Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Taylor
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Taylor in Austin County
- Bimk Taylorborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Charles Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Creed Taylorborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
- Denbo Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Dennis Taylorborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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