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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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