Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Creed Taylor, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Creed Taylor registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Creed Taylor

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Creed Taylor
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 16, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Austin County
5 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Creed Taylor reported 9 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Taylor in Austin 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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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