Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Taylor, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Taylor registered to vote in Austin County on August 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
James Taylor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Taylor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJames Taylor reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 18 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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