Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Taylor, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Taylor registered to vote in Austin County on July 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Taylor
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 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
- David Taylorborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Denbo Taylorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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